Chicago Marathon: YES I DID IT! :)
Well honestly it would take me forever to write about this so I will just mention a few thoughts I had this second time around.
First of all, I was very very happy to get to spend time with my sister Jen and her husband Andy, we had a few great meals and a wonderful time playing with the twins. Seeing them at mile 21 and then after the Marathon was very meaningful to me and I loved it.
Second of all, it was very reassuring to once again have the chance to stay with Brian at his condo, he helped calm me down by providing chips and salsa and a new show with one of the actors from Six Feet Under. Believe it or not, I slept very very well, partly from Nyquil and partly from calming down.
It was quite a different Marathon experience for me this time, training on my own rather than with the running group. It was more relaxing not having to get up early on the weekends to drive into Chicago, but it made some of the long runs over 15 miles for practice, difficult, I had nothing but my iPod usually for company.
Though at the start I was of course again very nervous and very cold. I had to stop five times during the race at the Red Cross tent to grab tissues to blow my nose. I got used to the cold but every so often the wind would blow and it really was cold, had on shorts and a long sleeve shirt, with a spring time vest over it!
And I was able to see Roley during the Marathon and he gave me words of encouragement, he was running really well and strong, definitely determined and focused.
Now that it is over I am trying to think of what to do next, it is such an amazing feeling of accomplishment and the words of praise I received from my family and friends really makes me feel very touched.
So now I am drinking vitamin water, staying warm, and thinking about my sister Jen, her husband Andy and my good friend Brian and I must send an extra thank you out to all of them, they really took such great care of me this weekend and that is something I will carry inside along with crossing the Finish Line.
First of all, I was very very happy to get to spend time with my sister Jen and her husband Andy, we had a few great meals and a wonderful time playing with the twins. Seeing them at mile 21 and then after the Marathon was very meaningful to me and I loved it.
Second of all, it was very reassuring to once again have the chance to stay with Brian at his condo, he helped calm me down by providing chips and salsa and a new show with one of the actors from Six Feet Under. Believe it or not, I slept very very well, partly from Nyquil and partly from calming down.
It was quite a different Marathon experience for me this time, training on my own rather than with the running group. It was more relaxing not having to get up early on the weekends to drive into Chicago, but it made some of the long runs over 15 miles for practice, difficult, I had nothing but my iPod usually for company.
Though at the start I was of course again very nervous and very cold. I had to stop five times during the race at the Red Cross tent to grab tissues to blow my nose. I got used to the cold but every so often the wind would blow and it really was cold, had on shorts and a long sleeve shirt, with a spring time vest over it!
And I was able to see Roley during the Marathon and he gave me words of encouragement, he was running really well and strong, definitely determined and focused.
Now that it is over I am trying to think of what to do next, it is such an amazing feeling of accomplishment and the words of praise I received from my family and friends really makes me feel very touched.
So now I am drinking vitamin water, staying warm, and thinking about my sister Jen, her husband Andy and my good friend Brian and I must send an extra thank you out to all of them, they really took such great care of me this weekend and that is something I will carry inside along with crossing the Finish Line.
posted by CW at 1:03 PM
1 Comments:
thanks, the thing is....now I want to do it again next year because I know I can do a better time, this year with the flu it was really really tough.
And I still am drinking the goji juice and the vitamin water! eaeo!
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