No point going into details on this one – it was awful. \u00a0All that training and when it came to the big day it just wasn’t going to happen. \u00a0I have no idea why but I battled nausea and lightheadedness from 8k on. \u00a0When I tried to refuel it just made things worse. \u00a0Normally this is how I react when over heated but the temperatures actually remained a little cooler than called for, or at least I didn’t feel overly hot most of the time. \u00a0I have no reason, no explanation. \u00a0I just know that by the time I hit the half way mark the race had just become about finishing. \u00a0I’m happy I finished, it would have been easy to quit. \u00a0I knew I did not want to send that message to my children who met me at several spots to cheer me on. \u00a0But I am sad of course too. \u00a0Not so much about adding more than 20 minutes to my first marathon time. \u00a0More so because I missed the rush, that amazing feeling of racing and crossing a well-earned finish line. \u00a0I was envious of the people around me who were just so pleased to finish the course.<\/p>\n
Here’s the irony… when I trained for my first marathon I honestly felt that my running became worse. \u00a0I was slower and seemed more prone to injury. \u00a0This time around I feel I became a much stronger runner, yet the race itself was much worse.<\/p>\n
As always, it is good to look at the bigger picture to try to feel better. \u00a0In my training I ran my fastest km, fastest mile, fastest 10k, fastest 10 miler and fastest 30k. \u00a0For the first time I hit 200 km or more of training in a month. \u00a0In fact I hit that 3\u00a0months in a row. \u00a0I put in 100 more km of training than I did last time. \u00a0I guess I will work on focusing on these achievements.<\/p>\n
There were two highlights of the weekend. \u00a0Evan ran an amazing personal best, finishing the 5k in 25:22, putting him in the top 1000 of a race with more than 8500 participants. \u00a0Luke ran his very first 5k and finished in an incredible 32:02 I am sooooo proud of them both!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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