Easter Sun Run 10K

We finished.

Well I have not been consistent with my running. I am a huge slacker! But I had already paid for this race and I was really not wanting to DNS, I mean I wanted to, but I know that would of pissed me off later on! My official time was 1:17:12. So it was a PR, but I am really disappointed in my lack of trying to train. My shins have been sore lately and I hadn't gotten shoes that worked so I was just fizzling out. I have never run a race at SCP before and I am pretty certain I don't want to do another there, simply due to the fact I run there all the time and it made it that much harder to keep going.
Carrie ran with me today, she shouldn't have. She should of kept going and gotten an insane PR. I held her way back. But she was awesome enough to stay. Love that woman!
So anyways we finished. Negative Nancy in my head did not act like I was going to finish, but I did. I am glad it is over and I hope it will motivate me to start being better again!!

My mapmyrun splits were:

1 mi	10:39 min/mi
2 mi	11:28 min/mi
3 mi	11:58 min/mi
4 mi	12:04 min/mi
5 mi	13:12 min/mi
6 mi	12:03 min/mi
6.5 mi	13:08 min/mi			This actually felt like they were true.

Stupid Shins

I am really still frustrated with my shins. I can't seem to get over them. I ran the 4 mile race last Sunday and they have bothered me all week. Tuesday I went to GoRun for new shoes, just simply because it is time, and they did not have the Brooks Ghost 5 in stock so I ended up leaving with a pair of Asics Cumulus 14. They felt cushy in the store and on the sidewalk.....well I ended up trying to run in them on Wednesday...Crap. They make me run weird. I made it a mile and everything hurt, my feet, my ankles my hips and of course my shins. I am so frustrated. I know people that sporadically train and will run solidly for three weeks and then take weeks off and they are NEVER injured. Why me? I follow a plan and I don't just stop, unless my legs hurt this bad. I am seriously considering a planet fitness membership, just to ride the bike....give the legs a break. Ugh.Well off to Go Run to return the bad shoes. Later. 

Intact Resolutions

A few of them still are intact. I am not sure if I ever actually said what they were, but here they are in a nutshell:
1. Run 750 miles in the year 2013
2. Run odd distanced races such as 10k, 4 miles, half marathon...
3. No fast food, like mcdonalds, braums, taco bell....
4. Do weekly weigh ins for the year.
Well the only one that I have slipped on 3 times, is Mcdonalds. Ugh. It makes you feel terrible, but it is so fast and easy to get. I have been trying super hard to ignore it, but when you live alone it is difficult to make food that is easy and tastes good enough to want to eat the leftovers ALL week.

So anyways...I ran a 4 mile race this morning. I woke up with a nasty headache, and I was grouchy (still am). I really did not want to go out and run as it is cold and windy today, but I already paid for it. I was not about to DNS. So I drove there and was being negative the whole way. Carrie was running too. I got there first so I picked up our packets and pinned my number on. I was freezing. There were 500 people registered....that was a LOT more than I thought. We got lined up and it was crowded. When the gun went off I was trying to not go out fast, but that was not going to be a problem as I could barely shuffle with the tight crowd. All I kept thinking was "don't fall, you will be trampled!" It was frustrating. Finally around 0.75 the crowd thinned enough for me to get into a groove. I was determined to not take any walk breaks, but I was having a hard time. The first split was 10:02. That was good, then it got windy. We went into a culdesac (sp?) and I could see Carrie on the other side, so she was maybe 0.25 behind me. I was impressed. Mile two had a water stop, I didn't take any. I knew if I stopped I would keep stopping for the rest of the run. During mile two I was getting really overheated. I took the headband off and I took the gloves off, but I could not cool down. I felt so weird. I kept going, but mile three was rough. I was feeling like I was going to hurl. I kept plugging along.  A little after mile three, Carrie came up beside me, she scared the shit out of me because I was not expecting anyone to start talking to me, let alone loudly!! She looked awesome. Great form, great enthusiasm, great everything. She started to talk and slowed down a little to stay near me, but there was no sense me dragging her down so I told her to keep running! Well right before she came up to me I was thinking about how I wished I had a run buddy to help pull me along....Thanks Carrie for hearing my wishes! I started to try and move my feet quick enough to not lose her. She was bouncing, I was not! Finally the finish line was there and I made it!

I can not say that this was my best race, even if it was my best 4 mile time ever, I felt terrible the whole time. I went into this race with two goals... 1. Get a time 44:00 or less and 2. Not walk at all. I achieved both of these today. I am pleased with that. I am just a little disappointed that I did not feel great or have a "great" run. But you can't have an amazing run every time! Next time will be mine...I hope.