Given my preparedness for this race, i exceeded my expectation greatly.. My longest run was a 6.2 miles and that was a race i did two weeks prior. My longest training run was 5.5 miles. This race was more mental than anything. I was physically spent after mile 8.

Around Mile 5, i encountered some severe stomach cramps.. so i had to back off current pace.. mile 6, i had to pee like a race horse.. Mile 8 came.. WOW it became the death march.. IT bands felt like rubber bands tensed to the point of popping.. so i decided to walk 40sec at each mile marker to help ease the aches.. around mile 11, walks became more frequent.. the pain increased 10 fold.. But I grunted it out, i was determined to finished this.. Mile 12. oh man, stomach cramps aching IT bands.. the death march was almost over.. i could see the finihs line..

quotes from the replacements came to mind..

"pain is temporary, chicks dig scares, and Glory is forever"

i forgot about aches and finished it with all i had.

RUN more..

i walked around.. took in some water and a banana.. stomach was to upset to intake anything else.. the pizza looked so tasty, i got nauseated looking at it..


I've been in a Funk all year.. spark was minimal with training and competing.. something we all go through i guess.. I ran this race thinking i would have been out of the funk.. but i was somewhat.

i missed all my key runs.. long runs that is..


this was a great event.. well supported. I will consider doing it again next year.. I feel like i have too. so i can erase this experience with a fully charged effort on my part..