Sunday, September 30, 2007Temp: 90 and sunny Humidity: Dripping
Location: White Rock Lake - 10am
Time: 36:00-ish...
The White Rock 'n Relay sounded like a good time. Me and 4 other team members run a total of 21 miles. We have pink camo shirts, and have named ourselves the "Mathletes." I don't think any of us felt like spending a great deal of time on the team name! Lol. Goal? To finish the race. This was a seemingly simple task. My leg was a mere 3.8 miles. This is 2.4 miles shorter than the 10k I had run the previous week. I was the 3rd leg of the relay. After waiting close to 1:45 to run my portion of the race, I was off! By this time it's nearly 10am. It had started off as a rather overcast and cool morning, but the now the sun was out and shedding its heat on the black pavement! This was probably one of the most grueling runs I'd done to date. I'm sad to say there were many points in the race where I wanted to stop... or even quit. Somehow I pushed through, made it to the handoff, and quickly fell to the ground. I laid on the grass, and felt like my entire body was on fire. I sat there for a few minutes, trying to gulp down the now nearly hot water at the aid station, thinking about how awful that race had felt. I stand up, and I feel light-headed. I decide to walk it off - and luckily Neal (the 1st leg of the race) was there to walk it off with me. We had a whole 3.8 miles to walk in order to return to the start of the race. Here's hoping the next race is a good one... it's got to cool down soon... right?
Pictured: Neal, Me, Amanda and Monika
Not Pictured: Kathy (Behind the camera)
