SacTown 10 Miler

The night before the race, I was a little nervous because I hadn't really trained for this race. I got a free entry to the race just a couple weeks before. My longest run was 7.5 miles. I'm a crazy person and like to run the full amount, before race day. It makes me feel better to know that I can run that distance (let it be a 5k, 10k, 10 miles or half marathon). It's just a comfort thing.

I picked up my packet (in the pouring rain) and was as ready as I could be. There was a huge storm, that I was hoping would pass before race morning.

As soon as I woke up, I checked the weather. Sunny skies were shown for race day. Now, that gave me a huge smile on my face! What a great way to start. The race started right at 8 am.

This was my first race sans music. Another reason why I was a little nervous. If I got bored, I always had my music to keep me company. The first mile was pretty hard, without the music, but luckily, there was a dj and a high school band playing some pretty upbeat music. If you can't see me, I'm in the red shirt behind the lady with her hands up.

Of course, my super supportive husband was my photographer. He took some pictures of the sites around the area, while I ran. The race started at the capital. It looped around some beautiful homes, through the college and back to the capital. There was so much to look at.

 Jason got an awesome photo of me crossing the finishing line (mat).

They had pretty cool medals this year. This was the first time I ran in the SacTown 10 miler. It was such a great race, I think I may sign up next year! It goes for such a great cause, children hospitals.

Offical Time:
709/844   57/74    1:49:47

How does any runner refuel? I got straight into my compression socks (after making a pit stop for the world's best cinnamon rolls, sorry no picture). I enjoyed a big glass of chocolate milk and some Oreo cookies that they handed out at the race. I'm so glad they handed out those cookies, I've been craving them!

After relaxing for about an hour, I got changed and headed out to help Jason mow the lawn, while he weeded. Our backyard no longer looks like we live near a jungle! It was a great way to finish a great day!

What do you do after any race? What's your best medal? Do you have a ritual for the day before a race?Do you run with or without music on race day?

Sore Chocolate Milk Drinker

I can tell that I haven't been working out. My upper legs are still sore from Monday night's ripped class. I am showing you where they are sore while drinking chocolate milk:

It's probably not a great picture, but you get the point. So, on Saturday morning, I'm getting up early and going for an outdor run. I'm loving this weather and I can't wait to run in it.

What type of weather do you prefer to run in?

Book Sale & Unexpected Miles

Since Borders Book Store is going out of business, we decided top take advantage last night. Here are the books I was looking at. Can you guess which ones I ended up getting (I bought 3)?

We continued our date night with dinner. We saw a new(ish) place that was open and looked good called Smash Burger. It's similar to the Habit that we always go to. I got a standard burger on whole wheat.

But, I think Jason's looks so much better. I don't know which one her got.

When we got home, we finished season 2 of Dexter and went to bed. It was way past my bed time (11). I got up before the sun, once again and had a quick snack (toast with some butter), got read and headed out for some miles on the streets. I had 9 1/2 miles planned. When I was mapping out my run, I couldn't get the Google pedometer thing working correctly, so I had to guess how many miles were at the end. After running it, it ended up being 10.3 miles. Not too bad.

My legs were so happy. This was the first run over 6 miles since the bad race. I felt great the entire time! I'm home now, and I just finished my chocolate milk and now I have to get ready. We have some boring errands to run today (groceries, oil change and bagels). I'm excited about the bagels, though.

Which books do you think I ended up buying (choose 3)?