Moving with Haste

And running.

What? This topic again? I'm sure you're sick of hearing or reading about it but it is basically the only hobby of mine, for the time being.

Last Saturday I had a 10k race that I signed up for however it conflicted with my longer run in preparation for my half marathon I have in about 10 days. I decided to run 5 miles before the race and then the 6.2 miles of the race to get my 11 miles in for the day. I almost missed the last bus to the start line because I took my first 5 miles rather easy. One of my friends that was a volunteer for the race told me that she expected to see me in first place. I told her not to get her hopes up because I had already put in 5 miles for the day but that I would still try but not to get her hopes up.

Along the race path I'm pretty sure I saw Jerry Sloan (former Utah Jazz coach) walking his cute little dog. Or maybe it was just little compared to him. I did not make it past the finish line first but 13th. Whenever people passed me part of my mind would be like, "oh no you don't"! But another part is like, "um it's either pick up the pace just to pass them or finish, they have fresh legs you don't". I would contemplate it and then maintain the pace that I was going, an average of 9:30 per mile which is pretty fast for me.

My music choice for this race "shuffle". I don't have a huge variety of music on my iPod. A few workout mixes (each like 30 mins long), Brian Regan (stand up comedy), The Beatles & Les Miserables. I normally listen to Pandora but decided not to that day. What a little roller coaster. I would go from Les Miserables, passion with the urge to cry, to Brian Regan, laughing along the way. It was kind of funny but both helped me make it through the last little up hill bit of my race.

After the race my husband made the comment that I don't seem to bat an eye at 11 miles or half marathons anymore. I thought about it and they don't intimidate me anymore cause I know I can do them one way or another I'll get there. And I think part of it is from swimming, as I talked about here. But also after doing the Ragnar Trail Relay running on normal roads feels like a cake walk.. er run, even with shin splint issues. Ya running. I think I will always love it.