The Death March

Today I woke up super early to get to the CARA lakefront 10 miler. I knew it was a bad sign that I was hot waiting for the bus and it was dark out. It was so muggy feeling. I got to the race about an hour ahead of time which was really a bit too early because I didn’t feel like I needed to warm up much for a 10 mile race. The race started out fast but really it was the pace I wanted to run. I wanted to run 6:05’s (ended up running 6:25’s). I honestly thought I could do that. However, after 2 miles at that pace I knew it wasn’t going to work. The air seemed hard to breath and my legs felt heavy (besides the fact that we had a 30 mph SSW wind) I ran with a group of guys for awhile and they kept saying “do you know everyone in Chicago?” because people were cheering for me all along the way. Paul Rollet came to cheer, Line ran down to cheer at the spot close to where we live, my friend Rob from work came to cheer, then a bunch of random people that I semi-know. They all really made me feel special during the race. Apart from that-it was a DEATH MARCH yep- I knew that it was not going to be fun once I realized I wanted to stop after 4 miles. It doesn’t help when you know you aren’t going to run a fast time. The good news was that everyone had to run in those conditions. I ended up getting second and getting a great deal of prize money!
I went home and ate a ton of food so then I had to go grocery shopping to get more for the week. After I got groceries I went to Ace Hardware and bought a pot. Our Aloe Plants at work are getting to big for their small pot. When I got back I decided to decorate the planter….how else than with my works logo!
I talked to Jeff some. He took the boards today. He was chilling at home and going to have dinner with his family. It was good to hear that everything went okay and now he has that big test behind him. I will get to see him really soon!