What an amazing race. Not necessarily how I felt or ran, but the amazing support of a city. The volunteers and spectators made the race.. there is no way I would have made it to the finish without them.
I started out with Holly and Sarah. We kept a great pace all the way up to the halfway. They went on and kept that great pace while I slowed down almost 2 minutes a mile.. My hip was not liking the run. It was awful. I would run a few yards and my whole right leg would go numb, starting at my hip.
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| Holly, Sarah and I around Mile 2/3 |
Around mile 16 I started walking with a guy named Matt. It was his first marathon. We talked a little bit and walked and attempted running a bit. I stopped to chat with my niece and lost him after that. I hope he finished!
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| Chatting with Lily |
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| Running with another injured runner |
My family and Kris were at 3 different places throughout the marathon, and always right when I needed a little push. I’m so grateful they were there.
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| My awesome cheerleaders |
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| Lily’s classy sign |
At mile 22, I saw Jenny and Carson. Jenny came up to me and gave me a hug and I just broke down.. it was so disappointing for me to be feeling that awful and having such a terrible time getting to the finish. I was feeling really sorry for myself. Jenny ran up to the last half mile with me – what a savior. She talked about all sorts of random things, trying to keep my mind off of the hurt. She helped me push a little bit and try and work through my pain. So thankful for such amazing people.
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| My saviors running with me |
I finished. It took me a while to be okay with it. But I am now proud to say I FINISHED THE TWIN CITIES MARATHON IN 4:21:05, almost a half hour slower than my last one. And I’m okay with it. I can’t PR every time. And enough of my running friends had great times that I can’t be upset. The running club really is an amazing group of people. The ones that were racing, volunteering, spectating.. all of them.
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| Second marathon, finished! 4:21:05 |
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| My family and Kris – cheered along the way and also met me at the finish |
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| Club Run Marathoners |
I went out today and got a new Garmin, the Forerunner 610. I was so anxious to try it that I leashed up Dakota and ran a very slow, easy mile. I needed that – I can still run. My body was a little reluctant but once it got warmed up it didn’t object too much. And Dakota loved it.
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| New toy! |
I have a little under 2 weeks to get ready to run the KC Half. I have no goal for that race. It’s more of an excuse to get down there. It’s almost as much of a spectator race as the Twin Cities, so it will be fun to take it all in.
Cheers to being able to finish a marathon 🙂 even if it’s not in the anticipated time!
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| Overall Time |
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| Detailed results, you can definitely see where my hip went out |
