i was going to go swimming friday morning. i woke up 8 minutes early so i grabbed my watch in my hand and fell back asleep. and then slept through the alarm... i did not going swimming on friday. we dropped the volvo at the daisywagon to get fixed so eric and the kids drove me to work in the other car. work was work although i managed to eat 12 chocolate covered pretzels AND 2 reeces peanut butter cups AND a bag of sun chips. i started to get a sore throat in the last hr and 1/2 of work. when everyone picked me up, i asked seamus the question i always ask "hey seamus, what did you do today?" she promptly responded that they road on the ferry. i was suprised because i couldn't figure out why they had gone on the ferry and since she hadn't ever been on one i didn't think she was fibbing. eric said no no, we didn't go on a ferry to which she went on with yes we did, we picked up your bike! we visited joe to get the bike and then daddy put it in the closet. i was practically in tears as was eric because apparently they had rehearsed that i was a suprise and she wasn't supposed to tell me. but she just kept telling me more and more of the details. silly girl, it was so cute. more on the new bike later.
we then went to the cheesecake factory and had some mini hamburgers. we ordered strawberry cheesecake and when it came out sirus almost fell over with awe of the glorious dessert. he hadn't ever seen anything like it and it was obvious. my sore throat continued...
i was planning on doing the nookachamps 1/2 marathon and smashing the 2hr mark but with this sore throat i just wasn't sure, especially if it was going to be raining.
christie picked me up in the morning and we picked up dana. we went to the race site and i decided that despite it not being raining and probably actually being perfect running weather, i just couldn't do the 1/2. i was also not up for putting in all the effort needed of a 5k so i settled on the 10k. everyone started as the same time. the 5k split off first. at the 2 mile maker the time said 15:03 which was shocking to me because i actually didn't feel terrible. at the 3 mile mark i was just over 22 minutes, so had i opted for the 5k i would have done not so bad for me. but at this same time there was a hill. a hill that went on forever. a hill that even though you got to the top, you then turned kind of to the right and just kept going up. at 5 miles i accidentally hit the stop button on my watch but didn't realize it. then it was the start of the the terrible terrible saw dust trail. although there was some downhill, once it flattened i got a cramp in my side. i hadn't ever had a cramp like that. i couldn't breathe and contemplated stopping. this is when i realized i had stopped my watch because i was now not able to determine how much longer it was going to be. the path went to the left then onto the pavement! the cramp was gone and i could see that the clock at the finish said 49:something on the lowish end. so i ran practically as fast as i could go and crossed before it turned to 50!! since there weren't chips and since i seem to be the victim of times and placings changing, i sure hope it shows as 49something in results. christie finished 3rd in her age group and got a special 3rd place ribbon which was very exciting!! i came in 5th in my age group i think but we'll have to wait for results to be sure. the woman who won mhy age group came in 1st overall so really they should bump her out and move me to 4th. it was a fun race and i am glad i did it despite the sore throat.
now i have to figure out what to do about all of the poundages i have been putting on lately,m likely due to the massive amounts of candy and desserts i have been stuffing in my pizza hole.
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