Rain. Ugh. My last 10K road race had a steady rain. I knew that I could do the race in rain, but possible gusty winds and hail? What if that came in the middle of the race?
Interestingly enough I had several people ask me if I was still going to run. I must have crossed some invisible crazy person mark because it really didn't occur to me not to show up. I found this interesting as I can assure you last spring when I saw a runner in the rain I would think to myself "idiot". Hmm, actually when it is raining really hard I still think that. In the case of the race though, hey I picked up the shirt, I HAVE to go.
It turned out the weather was about like it was for my Greenville race. Wet but not too overwhelming. When I crossed the finish line it let loose for a few minutes, then it went light again. I did feel sorry for those half-marathon runners because I think they had it worse.
All in all my results were ok - I did not meet my target time. I struggled after mile 4 and a lot of that was mental. I do however need to carry my own water on these longer runs. The water stops are killing me and I live too much for them. I lose my rhythm (if i have it in the first place) and that's when that pesky voice is screaming WALK WALK I'm tired! So next time around gotta take my own. I also need to find better ways of beating that voice back with a stick!
Racefest gave us all medals which is cool because this is the only way I will get one. ;-)
I am collect quite the little stack of numbers though....
Next race is the Riverbound series 10K trail run. Lots of training before then....
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