August 30 - 7 Miles & So Humid

Not a bad photo for being completely soaked all the way through (the shirt is usually a very light grey) after 7 miles!

Tim (green shorts) & Donna Deegan (the race founder and our local news anchors)

Up at 3 a.m. to down a piece of toast, some PB, and water, then back to sleep til 4:50 a.m. As anticipated, I was tired and unprepared for the run since I'd been MIA from running since Monday. My stomach was a little rumbly and weird, as it was last night too. I brought along some paper napkins in a plastic baggie, thanks to my friend Katie's recommendation ("just in case you have to go"). Summer and I carpooled and arrived at the parking lot around 5:35, and the humidity hanging in the air was gross. Group 3 headed out shortly after 6, in the dark, and I ran with Jennifer, an ER nurse, for the first few miles, making small talk and aiming to ignore the impeding humidity. At our second water station around the 3 1/2 mile mark, I anxiously drank my cup of water. From then to the finish I was ready to call it a day. Somewhere between mile 4 and 5 I was starting to fall back and hang with the back part of the group instead of the front. I took another small cup of water and three blueberry Luna Moons about 48 minutes in. I had goosebumps. I was so sweaty - my dri-fit shirt was completely soaked as were my shorts and dri-fit (ha!) hat (Bad call on the hat. Note to self: do not wear hat again unless raining). Mile 6 couldn't come fast enough. I was struggling, though nothing was hurting and my lungs seemed okay. I knew where we were and that the parking lot was right around the corner so I trucked along (slowly), and finished the 7 miles (watch time: 1:20), and grabbed water and a new orange Gatorade G2 which was quite tasty much to my surprise (not usually a Gatorade fan). So glad to be home eating oatmeal & Chia Goodness now and I am contemplating a nap!