Exhibit A "crazy people"
By the the time the race started, we already had frozen toes and fingers. They announced right at the start that they would be handing out medals to everyone who crossed the finish line, without verifying if you completed the whole course. There was a 10k, which was a 3-mile out and back route, and then the 14 mile, which followed the 10k route and then went out another 4 miles and back. So when we started out, we thought maybe we could just do the 10k and call it good, it was really way too cold to run 14 miles.
Thank goodness for my running friends Tasha and Anna, at the second turnaround, we all just kept going and therefore committed to running the whole 14 miles. After we were done, we all said that we were waiting for one of the other girls to say something about quitting after 10k, but none of us did! I am proud of us just for doing this race! After our porta-potty break at around mile 7, Tasha ran ahead because she was freezing and is a much faster runner. I don't blame her for just wanting to finish as quickly as possible! Anna and I continued on at a slow-ish pace and our half marathon split was 2:43:34 (not terrible considering the potty break). Our 14 mile time was 2:53:56! I guess you could call that a 14 mile PR. Of course, my phone died halfway through (it tends to do that in the cold), and I forgot my Garmin! So I don't have any splits or anything. The goal of this race was just to finish, and I am really happy that it is done.
I have to mention that collectively I think we spent over $1,000 outfitting for this race among the three of us. We were still freezing. But it was worth it just to say that we ran 14 miles on the first day of 2014!
When I got home I added my bib and medal to the new medal holder that Anna made me for Christmas:
I hope to add many more medals to that display in 2014! Happy New Year!
You really earned that medal, what a heroic endeavor!
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud of you! Running in extreme temps is an extra added Badass boost!!
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