So, we were up just before 6am this morning. My race started at 7am. Both Judy and Janice got up and came to the start with me.
It was about 10C which is cool for me so I had a few layers on. It was a bit windy too. But, we were off! I didn't have any time goal since I wanted to use this more as a training run and I didn't want to over do it because I want to be able to recover quickly so I can pick my training back up soon. But, after a few kilometers, I check my watch for my pace and realized I was moving along at a good paced. I wasn't sure how that was going to go, but I felt good enough and it felt comfortable so I kept going. I tried to stay on the grass when I had a chance and that really helped me feel good. I had enough pains here and there(foot bottoms, foot top-my metatarsal and cuniforme bones, hamstrings, hips, hip flexor, calves), but they were only noticeable and nothing too bad to cause me too much concern....or that I wasn't expecting. So, I kept going. Turns out I felt decent the entire way, so I just kept my pace going! I finished in 3:47!!! I finally broke my 3:51/3:52 barrier I haven't been able to break in the last 10 years maybe! Who would have thought I could pull this time out and I still feel pretty darn good afterwards! I'd have to say, thanks to P90X!!!! It's done wonders! I did have a slight scare at the very end...about 40k in. All the sudden I felt a small ball in my right calf. It started low and moved up my calf, stayed put for a minute or so, then it worked it's way up a little bit and disappeared. I slowed for a little bit not sure what that was, but then it went away so I picked my pace up a bit. Right at the end, actually where I saw Judy(and she took my picture), it came back for a few seconds, but I was so close, I tried to ignore it. It did go away. I'm not sure what it was and will have to check with Annalisa - maybe she has an idea. Anyway, it hasn't bothered me since and wasn't really painful at all, it just felt really odd!
So, meanwhile, the 1/2 marathon started at 9am. Judy went to see Janice off. I thought maybe the two of us would finish fairly close to each other - she was shooting for about 2 hrs and I was figuring 4 hours....but I was infront my a little bit. She had a good race and had a lot of fun with it along with breaking 2 hours by a little bit.
We finished up, and headed back to the hotel to shower and get our stuff. Then we walked to a nearby restaurant and just as we were about to be seated, we ran into our friend, Jason. He was all by himself so we asked if we could join him. He was waiting for Nic to come with a few people she knew. His wife, Julie had stepped out for a min too. We had a great lunch together talking about all our races. Jason took 2 minutes off his 1/2 time at Kingston so he was happy, and Nic took several minutes off her Boston time to finish in 3:17!!!! She had a great race! We found out Mike had a good race too, by his time of 3:42. I have yet to talk to him to get the details. So, all in all, we all had a terrific race weekend. I knew more people running, but haven't yet looked up their times.
So, the three of us headed out for one more quick shopping excursion before heading home.
see link for my race:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/318627237
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