My Marathon Training Miles: 2-6-10 (Winter Racing Circuit 5K)

This morning was the first run in the Winter Racing series I signed up for to help me prepare for the Marathon. It was a 5k.

We started out at 8am it was cold but I was warm enough with my two shirts, long pants, gloves and headband but that cold in air in the lungs still gets to me. When they blew the horn to start running I was at the back of the pack, behind a guy with a dog and another guy with a stroller. Little did I know I would never even catch up to them.

Not too far into it we started up a hill.

I knew that there would be hills, but I didn't realize that most of the course was hills. I wish I would have driven up there before to see where we would be running. I was not ready for the hills, every time I would get to the top of one hill I would think "that had to be the last hill" but nope, there were more, and more. I hate hills.

I had to stop and walk so many times it was pathetic, my legs were not prepared for this. I am usually able to turn on my music and sort of zone out but I could barely catch my breath. Even when it was time to come down the hills, they were so steep that I was worried about slipping on the wet road and my foot was killing me slapping down on the ground.

When I had about a quarter mile left I felt like I wanted to throw up and cry. I just kept telling myself that soon I would see James and the kids and maybe it give me enough energy to just get across the dumb finish line.

Well the finish line was finally in sight but I couldn't see anyone I recognized, James and the kids weren't there. They were late and missed me finishing. My time was 34:40. I had hoped to be 30 or under. I didn't make it but I did finish so I guess that is worth something. I just wanted to do so much better than that.