went for an 11 mile run today with feather and dave. it was all uphill it seemed. but it was actually pretty good, although now i feel a little bit like i am getting a cold.
so on saturday morning seamus woke up telling us that we weren't in hawaii. we had told her that hawaii had the beach and sand and she didn't see any of that so we must not be in hawaii. eric took her to the lanai and said, see over those buildings, thats hawaii. she was good with that.
so i was racing in the makena 10k.
after planning the trip and coordinating flights and cars, condos and directions, i did not check to see what the race start time was. eric said 9, the neighbor said 9 i said, ok 9 sounds good. we took our time, did our thing and mosied over to the race. passing the hotel grounds while looking for parking it sure seemed strange that so many people were already lined up when there was still an hour before the start. they took me to athlete drop off, i jumped out and asked some volunteers when the race wsa to start. 8am. what time was it? 7:55. i ran towards the crowd saw a dude with a number and asked him were registration was. it was closed! but there were people there, they ran with me over to a lady who ran with me to a guy, i signed some paper they handed me a number, someone else handed me some pins and i asked if there were potties on the course. no. damn. where was one? waaaaaay over there. i thought and thought and thought, quickly. and i decided i would wind up totally a mess if i didn't do it, so i went, did my business and made it to the start with enough time to stand for about a second and the cannon went off. this was all actually good because it meant i didn't have to sit around waiting, getting thirsty and getting worried. i decided to start off slow since it was so hot and i had no idea what the course was like. it was a lot of road at first. then it turned and went on some gravel road. but all of it was up hill. 20 minutes in, the 5kers caught up and we got to the split. i thought, i could go that route and be done in 10 minutes. but i stayed my route. lots of people were walking, and i stopped to walk some, too. i walked at each of the aide stations getting some gatorade and water and mixing them together. i walked through any tiny bit of shade i could find, really there wasn't any. i talked to a guy who was pasty white who was coming from honolulu. i don't know how that happens, but he said while although it was actually considerably cooler then last week, the heat was killing him. it made me feel better. it felt like we were at altitude and it was killing me, i was prepping myself for a 1:30 time. then we started down hill. and we just went down hill for a really long time. i passed a few people which was good and i was feeling considerably better. then we went into the woods, i think the spooky forest maybe, i don't know. then it was to big beach. and it was long, but beautiful.
i tried to stay by the water since the sand is easier to run but i got hit by a wave and now was stuck with wet, heavy sandy shoes. and the end no where in sight. note to self, don't get your shoes wet in the sand. but i ran the whole beach which was impressive for me. then into some more woods for a bit then out onto another shorter rockier beach. i picked off 4 women and one man during this time. i was pretty stoked and felt like i was racing. at one point i adjusted my finish time to 1:05. but then during the last stretch, maybe a 1/4 mile to go one of the women picked me back off. i told her good job as she passed but then i thought to myself, what??? 
so i sat on her for a bit and once in the finish shoot i sprinted her at the end. then i sat in the shade for a bit.i met up with eric and the kids and grandma. eric picked up his race registration and i went to get my registration packet and shirt since i dind't get it before the race. we saw eric's friend jason and they chatted and eric got some tri shorts to race in. then we hiked to the car and loaded up. eric went off on his bike for a bit and the rest of us went back to the condo. sirus wanted to nap but seamus wanted to go to the pool so we did. then eric came home and we took the kids to the beach for a bit. by this time i was started to get what i thought might be a migraine. we decided to go to dinner and sho'nuff in the car thank goodness i had the where with all to bring a bag because i spewed all over. the kids were all freaking out patting me on the back since i was wedged between them. everyone got out except me, i handed the bag to seamus and could hear her asking whats that whats that? eric's response - soup. dinner out was nixed, groceries and dinner back at the condo were in. i went back and slept for a few hours and felt waaaaay better.
that was saturday.
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