still running

I am still here.

I am still running.

I took about 10 days off

while on vacation.

Ran Tuesday for 1 mile

thought

I.would.die

Back in January

I could hardly

WALK

a mile

I am now

unofficially

15 weeks away

from

Sandpoint Scenic Half

So

I CAN DO IT!

or

die trying

took a break

from running

and blogging apparently.

My runnning break was about 11 days.

I was beginning to not

want to even look at my

running shoes

So I took a bit of a hiatus

I did get on the treadmill today

for a mile

the phone rang

I need to go outside

where I can't be bothered

I have a 5K this Saturday

next week I am going to MN

to see my cousins

One has cancer

and isn't well

I want her to hang on

I know selfish huh

Bloomsday 2010

So we survived Bloomsday

I wasn't sure what the hype was about

and since this was only

my 2nd race ever

I didn't have much to compare it to

Doomsday Hill was not that bad

the hills before it

SUCKED

There were a TON

of walkers

who I thought were

supposed to be in RED

as walkers

so we had to do a LOT of

dodging of people

like off the road

on the sidewalk

or whatever trail was there

dodging

We (DH ran with me)

got to

MILE 1

in record time

I thought

Oh this will be easy!

UH NOT!

Mile 2 and still dodging

Frustrating

and

energy sucking

I then had to pee

seriously I had to by

Mile 1

but really had to

at 2

(so did hubs)

and the lines were long

at least 8 minutes

SHOT!

Then there was a hill

finally water about 2.5

or felt like it

might have been sooner

another hill

then we finally get a groove

and are doing well

feeling great

another hill

more water

Mile 5!

don't remember if that

was after

Doomsday Hill

or before

Mile 6-7 totally walked

there were

so.many.people

half mile to go

walk another 1/4 mile

then I hear some guy say

only a 1/4 mile to go!

We.can.do.this!!!

We did manage to run across the finish line

it helped that the last 100+ yards was

DOWNHILL!

Overall it was a good time

liked that hubs went

learned:

~drink more water

the night before

not the morning of

~not to eat tacos

the night before

and

~to lie about how long it

will take to finish so

I can actually be

 with fellow runners

and not with the walkers