The half marathon is in the books. How did I do? If the race would have been eight miles long, I would have been very happy with my efforts. I ran the first seven miles with Ms. Boss who set a pace that was right where I wanted to be for the first six miles. Mile seven was the second worst mile of the race for me, but it was also all uphill so I won’t grouse about that at all. I will admit that I was on an emotional high after having saw Ms. Boss to the finish of her race (congratulations, my dear, for running your longest distance and beating your goal time) and my time was great for mile eight despite running uphill the entire time. Beginning in mile nine, however, all the people I passed uphill started passing me downhill – I was gassed. The strange thing is that it was my upper body that was hurting, not my legs. The closer I got to the finish, the more I walked to the point that mile thirteen – which is entirely downhill – was the slowest of the race for me. Down the stretch the pacer for 2:45 passed me and I could do nothing to keep up. I crossed the line at 2:48, eighteen minutes off my goal pace. Still, I finished and got the metal and proved the last time wasn’t entirely a fluke. I think I can do better…
Despite my previous statement, today is my third day without exercise in a row. Monday was a planned rest day but when soreness extended to Tuesday, I took that one off too. Today’s excuse? I’ve got a couple, but laziness is probably chief among them. I’ll definitely get back on the stick tomorrow.
As the one or two of you who may read this blog may have noticed, writing output has waned. This past weekend was full of activities in addition to the half marathon so there wasn’t a lot of spare time. End-of-the-school-year activities as well as spring soccer are in full gear so I have been a busy guy. To tell you the truth, I should really be in bed now seeing as I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in a week, but blogging, like exercise, must be done on a regular basis to be effective.
After two weeks of no incidents, Ozzy has pooped in the house twice this week. At least he doesn’t have diarrhea anymore.