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s that was way faster than i should have been running given the circumstances but it really didn t feel that difficult still i knew continuing at such a pace would likely lead to disaster somewhere down the road i eased my pace a bit and decided to stick behind the tall dude in front of me soon we hit the 1 mile marker ran around a cone and headed back in the direction from which we d just come mile 1 7 57 after we turned back around we hit a quick uphill that wasn t particularly difficult but as i crested the hill i started to gasp for air it was at this point that i really began to notice the humidity although it was only 64 degrees out the 92 humidity was making things a tad bit uncomfortable on top of that a nagging little ankle achilles calf injury i ve been dealing with started to rear its ugly head thanks to the pounding my legs were taking on the concrete path i knew i had no choice but to pull back a bit more as i watched my pace fade negative thoughts crept into my mind thoughts that would have in the past consumed me i m so far off of a pr what s the point my time is going to be so humiliating wouldn t it be nice to just slow down and jog the rest of the race hell maybe i should just drop out i fought against the nasty voices in my head and pushed as hard as my body would allow by this time though i was starting to fade mile 2 8 27 at some point in the previous mile i d noticed a small child maybe 9 or 10 years old who kept trading places with me now at first i thought this was adorable i was just thrilled to see him out there racing and having a good time but then during the 3rd mile as i began to struggle more and more i started to get a little frustrated the kid would sprint up ahead of me and run for a minute only to sit down on one of the many park benches lining the course there he would wait for his dad who was somewhere not too far behind me to catch up with him then of course he would start running hard once his dad finally caught up to him and pass me again this went on for the remainder of the race looking back i actually think it was pretty funny i am positive i wouldn t have been so frustrated with it had i not been hurting so badly at that point but boy was i ever hurting i looked down at gertie at some point and noticed my pace had dropped to an awful 9 07 ouch i forced myself to pick it up a bit and pushed myself with everything i had left in me praying for the finish to come soon finally i could see it up ahead unfortunately so could everyone else around me almost immediately i got passed by another girl i tried my hardest to catch back up with her but i was running on empty on top of that i could feel myself quickly approaching the puke threshold i wanted so so badly to catch this girl but it became apparent that i just didn t have it in me i gave it one last hard push and finally reached the finish line mile 3 8 51 last 1 or 19 according to gertie 7 37 pace i was so glad to be done but still i felt like vomit was imminent i took a moment to compose myself finally after a couple minutes i felt like the contents of my stomach were safe i walked over to the nearby pavilion where water and gatorade were available and met up with wilson who had finished in 22 16 a little over a minute slower than his pr we animatedly traded race stories and splits for a while before heading back to the car and then on to round rock donuts for a post race treat yum even if this race wasn t the best race ever for us i think it s safe to say that we re both glad to be back to racing final stats according to gertie 26 17 3 19 miles 8 23 pace official time 26 19 3 1 miles 8 29 pace some final thoughts 1 i love this race series everything was run really well and everyone there both runners and volunteers from the georgetown running club was nice as can be i think it will be really cool to get to run a 5k on the same course every month and a great way to judge my progress once i mix speed work back into my routine 2 as horrible and inconsistent as my splits were i kind of expected it while i am bummed at how badly i faded as the race went on i think i am more depressed that running a 26 ish minute 5k caused me to approach the puke threshold that s just sad i knew going into this that i wasn t in 5k racing shape but c mon my ego definitely took a hit there 3 at the same time i am in shock that i managed to push myself hard enough to actually approach the puke threshold i m sure my icky stomach could be partially to blame for this phenomenon but i definitely did leave everything i had in me out on the course this morning i didn t have an ounce of energy left in me after i crossed that finish line considering how badly i wanted to give up throughout much of the race i m extremely proud that i sucked it up and found a way to hold on 4 somehow and i don t even know how this is possible i ended up finishing 9th place female say whaaaaa i cracked the top 10 baby now as i mentioned before this is a no frills race and there are no awards nor age groups but according to the standings i finished 9th out of 90 women and 57th overall out of 194 runners um looks like all of the fast ladies must have stayed in bed this morning but hey i ll take it sure beats those races back in nyc where i would inevitably finish in something like 394th place in my gender 5 i can t wait to smoke today s time and earn myself a course record at next month s race thanks for reading y all hope you are enjoying the weekend having never been to the park before we were a little bit worried about figuring out where to go but everything was super easy and clearly marked there was even a really friendly man out directing the parking he asked us whether we d been there before and welcomed us when we said we were new he pointed out where everything was from registration to restrooms to the start area it was such a nice touch we felt like vips i was pretty shocked that a race that cost 1 to enter and aims to raise money for the park it is run in offered gatorade at the end how could they afford to do so on 1 a head well apparently the austin marathon which was run back in february donated their leftover gatorade and cups to this race series how cool is that by the end of the race the thought of gatorade made me want to vomit but still it was a very cool surprise posted by irish cream at 3 57 pm 10 comments tuesday march 15 2011 memory lane you guys guess what wilson and i just found well remember back over a year ago when i said there was a video that went along with my goofy challenge race report yup that is what we found ah memories it makes me want to go back and do it all over again but maybe without falling on my face this time around at any rate here is my post goofy interview enjoy posted by irish cream at 9 50 pm 5 comments thursday march 10 2011 two black cats image http www toonpool com cartoons black 20cat 2002_13987 wilson and i were out for a blissful 5 5 mile run the other night when two yes two black cats crossed our very path now i know there are cultures that consider black cats to be harbingers of good luck but everything i ve ever seen heard has suggested otherwise when i somehow managed to dump a huge glass of seltzer water all over my laptop later on that night i began to get worried after all i was still waiting to hear back about a job i had been through three long interviews for the last thing i needed was double bad luck on my side well the bad news is that my laptop s keyboard is totally fried despite our best efforts to salvage it the good news though is that i will soon be able to replace said laptop using my very own shiny new paychecks yes that s right the nightmare that was our never ending unemployment saga is finally over i was offered the job i ve been up for yesterday and i accepted it without hesitation it s a techie job which i find hilarious i guess i just never thought i d find myself in a tech position but hey it s a job it pays decently and i ll make it work the semi bad news is that it s a night weekend gig so i m still trying to work out what that will mean for my running schedule but hey if i managed to figure it out at the old law firm job where i essentially worked both the day shift and the night shift and more often than not the weekend shift too i can t help but feel like figuring this one out should be a cinch speaking of which running has been going just swimmingly wilson and i have been running regularly and even threw in an 8 mile long run last weekend it was ah mazing i felt strong enough to really push it through the last mile so i was definitely very pleased at this point we re still working on building our mileage back up but i am definitely getting very excited about the prospect of adding speed work back into our routine sometime soon have i lost my mind perhaps but whatever the case i am seriously jonesing for some speed well that and apparently some ultra fun hehe i can t believe i m about to say this but i am highly considering tackling el scorcho 50k on july 17 because what could possibly be more fun than running from midnight until sun up in july in the texas heat we shall see whether the new job will allow for time off but if so i m pretty sure i ll be toeing the line at my first ultra marathon come july alright well i m going to wrap this up now so i can get right to work catching up on what y all have been up to but thank you so so much for your kind and encouraging words they ve helped more than you can imagine i m sure i ll have some deep thoughts about this whole experience at some point in the not too distant future but for now let me just say that i think i ve decided that black cats really are good luck you know you re a running nerd when you don t worry at all about how your social life will suffer as a result of working the night weekend shift but do worry constantly about how you are going to figure out your training racing schedule posted by irish cream at 12 32 pm 9 comments thursday february 17 2011 quick update thank you all for bearing with me during this seriously wacky point in my life i can t believe it has been almost a month since that last post it seems like it s been a few days at most but alas here we are i keep thinking i should have more time than ever to blog right now seeing as how i m unemployed but somehow the days fly by and there never seems to be enough time in the day go figure so where does the time go well for starters we re still working on the job thing so that s been more or less monopolizing our lives as of late i know it s probably healthy to take a break from it every once in a while but there s a part of me that fears that any second i take away from job hunting cover letter writing resume updating networking etc could be the second that i miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime i ve had a few interviews that haven t amounted to anything and i m still in the running for one other job but wilson hasn t found anything at all yet sigh each week that passes gets more and more depressing and i get more and more desperate for basically anything that would pay take the job i m up for now it s something i would never consider were we not in such a crazy situation right now it s a law ish job ugh but it s a weekends night shift kind of thing so my hours would be 4 p m 1 a m and i would have to work on weekends it s not exactly what i was hoping for and not exactly the best schedule for someone who loves training for and running races but i guess desperate times call for desperate measures on the upside running has been going a little better as of late not great but i m getting out there probably 3 4 times a week which is an improvement i m in crappy shape and it hurts but i know i have to get through this rough patch to get back to the place where running is magical and dreamy at least most of the time i did learn recently about a no frills 5k series in the area that takes place once a month and only costs 1 1 freaking dollar to race in that has definitely given me something to look forward to and some motivation to get training i m also starting to think about the new york city marathon coming up in november and i really want to make sure i have an awesome base going into training for that one so i m happy to report that my motivation is improving steadily on the days that i m not running i ve been making an effort to get some form of movement in whether it s going for a hike playing tennis doing some body weight resistance training push ups squats hip extensions lunges planks bench dips etc or vigorously cleaning the entire apartment totally counts i really want to get back to lifting weights as well so i think wilson and i are going to sign up for a membership at planet fitness in the next couple of days as much as i tend to be a gym snob and as much as i really don t want to support a gym chain that makes use of a lunk alarm seriously i figure i should probably just suck it up and sign up considering it costs 10 a month and it s a month to month contract you better believe i will be out of there as soon as one of us snatches up a job but for the time being we ll make it work in other news some jerk stole a bunch of my running clothes out of the laundry center at our apartment complex really who does that at the present time i have identified 4 sports bras and 2 pairs of running shorts that are missing along with who knows what else that i haven t noticed yet and somehow this person seemed to know exactly which items were my favorites because the items that are missing are those that were always the nearest and dearest to my heart you know the items you turn to time and time again when planning your race day outfit the loyal shorts that stay ever so nicely in place the comfy sports bra that never attempts to chafe saw your boobs off yup that s exactly what this jerk face stole in a matter of minutes i went from having 3 of those trusty sports bras and 3 of those perfect pairs of shorts down to just one of each grrr well lesson learned i guess i will not leave my laundry unattended in the laundry room ever again and hey at least it will be that much easier to pick out my race day outfits from now on to end this on a happy note here is a photo of wilson and i in front of the texas capitol on valentine s day i m not typically a huge v day fan but we did have a pretty nice evening all things considered first of all it was a gorgeous day as you can tell from our attire in the mid 70s we splurged and went out to dinner at a cute but inexpensive restaurant in an adorable old house the food was to die for and the place scored extra points because it had its own vegetable garden on site love we haven t been doing much eating out lately and while i was a little hesitant at first i m glad wilson made reservations and insisted on taking me out eastside cafe will for sure be a favorite of ours if when we get back to the point of being able to afford eating 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