second half marathon

The Twin Rivers YMCA Freedom Run 1/2 marathon report.  It was rough.... Discovered that I do like trail running better.  I wanted to quit so bad, but didn't.  I think between running 2 half marathons in a week basically and not feeling well, my mind wasn't in it.  I vomited, and tears were shed.  I stuck on finishing dead last, and I do mean dead last as in the police escorted me a bit as cones were picked up and another runner came back to radio in that they found me.  I had no support really and I don't on this journey so sometimes it's rough and I felt it Sunday. The course was all flat so should have been a piece of cake.  Running is such a mental game, that if you aren't mentally in it, it gets rough.  I wanted to quit so bad, and all I had to do is just tell the Sheriff that was following me, that I couldn't go on.  It would have been so easy to do that, but I'm not much of a quitter and just couldn't stand seeing the DNF on the shirt from the race.  DNF means did not finish.  I wore my shoes out to the point that you could feel every rock which sucked.

****I do have to say, I am officially 35 lbs away from where I want to weigh for fitness competition.

first half marathon=completed

I did it, I made the jump by setting off to do my first half marathon.  It was a lot of pressure on me at first because last year at this time, I was set to do my first half, and I ended up having knee surgery on the day I was supposed to run it.  This year, I not only signed up for my first half, I signed up for a trail one in another state... So lots of pressure there.  I woke up the day of the race at 5AM, so I gave myself time to get there on time to start.  Wisconsin trails are not like Nebraska trails, more like Maui trails, one false step and into Lake Michigan you go.  I wasn't expecting that type of trail nor did I train on trails much.  I did however train in the middle of the afternoon this summer so the extreme heat that Milwaukee is saying was tough to deal with, made running it a little easier.  At mile 9, my feet were completely numb, I have a huge blister on my toe, and heel from the too small size of shoe that Dick's sporting store sold me even though I did train in those shoes with my longest run in those shoes being 10 miles.  I loved this race, and even though I was expecting to be last as it was a Boston qualifer, I did not get dead last, 3rd from last though.,... I know what I need to do, to kick it's ass next year.  Well I am signing up for another half next Sunday for 9/11, and it's a flat run so no hills or one lane trails.  Also eyeballing a 21 miler but it's in October and I don't know if I can do that much with little time to train.