Road Race results!

So I ran in my 1st road race on saturday, and I am sorry I have not blogged about it sooner--thanks to everyone who has asked and sent me messages--I have been on vacation and living in the land of dial-up...and I have little patience for that...so I figured I would give it a try this morning...

The race was a lot of fun--I did 9.3 miles in 1 hour and 45 minutes, that 11.3 minute miles, which was an improvement on the 12 minute pace I usually trot at...that made me happy...and I had a bunch of friends come and cheer me on and Tim's parents--that made all the difference in my energy level--knowing when I would round a corner I might see them, gave me motivation and a skip in my step! I am always humbled when I receive support from the people who care about me, and it was awesome to see everyone and feel so loved...so thanks guys!!

The funny thing about the race was that my competitive side kicked in in it's entirety...I try to keep telling myself that the finish line is 1st place, that as long as I finish, I am #1...well growing up in sports, and being as hyper-competitive as I am, running against all of those people really changed my mind...and then people would pass me, and I would remind myself...finishing is first place. Nah, I don't buy it. I think that had to do with the quickening of my pace as well!!!! This whole training and marathon has been the biggest mental challenge of my life--if I make it about being #1, there is no way I will ever finish the distance...it has beeen a huge learning experience...and for those of you who REALLY know me, you know how vain I am...I catch myself checking out everyone's body type, and hand-picking the people I can beat based on if I think they look out of shape or not...I am sure I looked like an easy target to those thinking along the same lines as I was!!

Anyway, great experience, I am looking orwad to my next race, not sure when it will be, but leading up to the January marathon, I want to get into 2-3 more races.

Well I am off, thanks for your support. For those of you who asked, my fundraising is going well, I am about 2/3 of the way to the goal of $4,000...every donation counts though!!! So if you plan on giving, please send it my way! We visited Tim's Nana earlier in the week and she was so sweet and gave me $10 for the race and told me the rest of her giving goes to Breast Cancer Awareness, but she wanted to help out in any way that she could...man that $10 blessed me so much!! It really was a great moment, and as Tim said to her, "Nana this is the most special $10 we received". Thanks Nana!!

LEIGH