San Jose Rock n Roll Half Marathon

To start things off, we had our 2nd checkup with the doc on Friday and am so glad to say that baby is healthy. We were able to hear the heartbeat and the doc said it was good and strong. I was ok to continue running.

That said, yesterday I ran the Rock n Roll half marathon which I was going to put off, but I didn't want my $100 plus to go to waste. I was so surprised at how challenging the run was.

I was already going to pace myself by running at a 13:00 pace with a 4:1 run/walk ratio. Everything was fine until about 1.5 miles when I really had to use the rest room. Right before mile 2, there was ONE porta potty and a ton of people. I had no choice but to wait in line. This wait cost me 10 min.

Because I was upset that I lost so much time, I had the energy to run at a 10:30-10:50 pace. BAD IDEA. Right around mile 6....I was really feeling the fatigue. It all went downhill after that. I ended up walking a lot of if I did run, it was at a pace where walkers were side-by-side with me.

I began to feel light headed at mile 10 and a lady was really sweet and asked if I was ok.

If it wasn't for the encouragement from strangers and from my Team in Training members out there, I would have quit. I don't run with head phones and I suggest anyone that does a race not to. Sure it's fun to run to your own music, but there is nothing like the cheering crowd to get you pumped up.

I also wore my Baby on Board sign and received so many words of encouragement as well. I also received a lot of cheers and questions regarding my Vibram FiveFingers and hopefully, I motivated people to get rid of their shoes and go barefoot.

I am especially thankful for a few of my Team in Training members who waited a very long time for me, so that they could walk with me the last 2 miles. Again, I was so ready to give up.