So this morning was my first actual race, and overall I am very pleased. My friend Kat ran it with me and THANK GOODNESS she did because I don't know what I would have done without her. We had big plans on walking the course the day before so we would be able to pick out some landmarks and such for the next day, but of course that didn't work out so we entered this race blindly.
As a non-professional runner, I thought the course was full of hills, but Kat swears it wasn't that bad - except that hill just before Mile-3 you can't deny that one. Anyway, Kat and I get there early so we could warm up and stretch. I felt great doing that, we ran around a bit, got our tshirts - which were men's sizes and they had no smalls left and we both got nightgowns - and then it was time to line up.
Dear YMCA,
In the future, I think it would be best that you close off the streets that the race takes place on, because we almost got run over multiple times.
Love,
Kat, Rachel and the other 400 runners that almost died
So the first mile went well, I felt pretty good... the second mile I desperately wanted water... the third mile I was kicking myself for drinking water because I now had a cramp... the fourth mile I drank more water because I thought I was going to die... and the fifth mile was the last mile and I just wanted to finish. I will admit I stopped to walk twice (three?) times, but my walking pace was just as fast as my running pace at that point so it was okay - not really because I wanted to run the whole thing, but in terms of time, it was okay.
Afterward, the Y was nice enough to offer some amazing food (especially that lentil soup mmm) and free massages to race participants. You better believe Kat and I waited in line for those and that we made the massagers (I don't know what they're really called?) stay extra late to take us because we refused to get out of line. And then we lied to them and said we were going to come to their actual place of employment for massages and they gave us coupons for it, but we knew we were never going.
I then went back to my house where I passed out on the couch for a few hours, still dressed from the race and now I am finally ready to shower.
XOXO
58.36 minutes
Miles Ran: 5
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