I finished it!
The On Cosby Moonshine Run, 2012. And I finished 38th out of 88, I believe. I read the results whilst near-frozen, so I could be wrong by a little, but not a lot. I did not, however, meet my goal, which was to finish 2 minutes better than my first one. So, maybe that was a bit ambitious. My official finish time was 31:11. It must be noted that this race was actually .26 mile longer as recorded by my Garmin, so the fact that I finished 25 seconds slower but went further is, like, wow!
First in my age group as well.
Pictures to follow as soon as my cheerleaders (I had 3!!!) send them to me.
The weather was warm enough that I went shorts, long sleeve T and light jacket to start. The jacket was removed in the first half mile and was secured around my waist for the duration. Which was a good thing. I didn't know any other runners or walkers, but they appeared to be a fun bunch. Truly, I was scoping out the competition, because that pernicious competitive spirit was upon me. I don't think I'd gone quite one mile before the overall winners passed me on their way back. Several (better) people in front of me cheered them, but I thought 'oh HELL no. too soon!' but I did smile at the second place guy because he was polite and friendly during my warmup. The course was a gradual rise up Highway 32 towards the Cosby Campground but turning left onto Liberty Road after about a half mile. Then it was a nice downhill along a creek and through some lovely homes (but I really wasn't looking at them!). The long slog back up was not pretty, and I had to break down and walk twice. >.< My favorite face again. That was another goal I didn't quite meet.
But I finished and I felt good. I have trouble comprehending how far out of shape I was and how long (at my AGE) it takes to get back in. Shape, I mean.
Goals!
The On Cosby Moonshine Run, 2012. And I finished 38th out of 88, I believe. I read the results whilst near-frozen, so I could be wrong by a little, but not a lot. I did not, however, meet my goal, which was to finish 2 minutes better than my first one. So, maybe that was a bit ambitious. My official finish time was 31:11. It must be noted that this race was actually .26 mile longer as recorded by my Garmin, so the fact that I finished 25 seconds slower but went further is, like, wow!
First in my age group as well.
Pictures to follow as soon as my cheerleaders (I had 3!!!) send them to me.
The weather was warm enough that I went shorts, long sleeve T and light jacket to start. The jacket was removed in the first half mile and was secured around my waist for the duration. Which was a good thing. I didn't know any other runners or walkers, but they appeared to be a fun bunch. Truly, I was scoping out the competition, because that pernicious competitive spirit was upon me. I don't think I'd gone quite one mile before the overall winners passed me on their way back. Several (better) people in front of me cheered them, but I thought 'oh HELL no. too soon!' but I did smile at the second place guy because he was polite and friendly during my warmup. The course was a gradual rise up Highway 32 towards the Cosby Campground but turning left onto Liberty Road after about a half mile. Then it was a nice downhill along a creek and through some lovely homes (but I really wasn't looking at them!). The long slog back up was not pretty, and I had to break down and walk twice. >.< My favorite face again. That was another goal I didn't quite meet.
But I finished and I felt good. I have trouble comprehending how far out of shape I was and how long (at my AGE) it takes to get back in. Shape, I mean.
Goals!
1 comment:
congrats on the a/g award :) i'm doing the Santa Hustle race in December as well. good luck!! :)
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