This weekend/early this week I was in Cancun. For a conference. Which I attended most of the time, but I did go snorkeling one day. It wasn't that great for running though. Oh, but it's okay because I did my long run on Friday before I left. Twenty miles, baby! I felt alright too, but near the end I did a big hill and once I got up it and started running easier I could feel the lactic acid set in pretty fast.....just a little preview of heartbreak hill I guess....oh man. In Cancun I did six miles outside one day and felt like I was going to die, it was so hot and humid (I've gotten soft after moving away from Austin) so the next day I ran on a treadmill and watched Spanish cartoons, which was a lot nicer.
Tomorrow morning John and I are racing a 10k. It's in this little historic, Victorian town called Eureka Springs about an hour from us. And the grand prize is an overnight stay in Eureka springs for two at a bed and breakfast, complete with massages and dinner! So I am tapering for it a little. Because you never know who will (or won't) show up at these small town races....anyway, I'll give y'all a full report!
4 comments:
good luck mary (and john)!
kick butt!
i'd taper too if massages were involved. :)
Update: I DID win the race! Like I said, living in small-town Arkansas kind of helps with this sort of thing. It wasn't exactly a spectacular feat....my time was 45:12. The course was pretty crazy. The first two miles were downhill, the third was flat, and miles 4 and 5 were up, up, up. I definitely started with a couple of 6:30's and I screwed up and didn't get all my splits, but considering I averaged 7:16 I think I had a couple miles close to 8 minutes in there. I felt great though, and I was psyched to win a weekend getaway for me and John, so overall it was a good day!
holy crap!
mary that's awesome!!!
CONGRATS!
Way to go NODINE!
nicely done.
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