I did it. I ran 13.1 miles on Sunday. It was awesome. Tara and I have been training for this for the last 13 weeks. It feels weird that it's over just like that...the thing I've been working for and training so hard for is finished. I accomplished my goal, but as life goes, I had a few last-minute issues to hold me up a little. I was totally psyched and felt prepared to run the race. I did my last long training run about a week before race day. The next morning, I woke up with a fever... "oh no," I thought. Over the weekend, it turned into a pretty bad case of bronchitis. Respiratory illness and running are not compatible. On Monday, I went to the Dr. and got on some antibiotics and an inhaler. I was not able to run until Friday and it was only 2.5 miles, and it hurt my lungs. I was feeling alright by bedtime on Saturday. I wanted to be sure to get enough rest, so I went to bed early. At 1 a.m., Jack (who has been sleeping through the night for months) decided that he didn't want to sleep. I fed him thinking that he would eat and go back down... no such luck. He was awake until 4 a.m. and so was I. Once we started running, I felt pretty good. I am happy with my accomplishment and I am proud of myself and my sister for finishing what we set out to do. The above picture is us at the finish line with our other sis, Carlie (who was an awesome help with Jack during the race).
Jack and I headed out to Denver last Saturday morning. We had a fun time with Tara, Rusty, Halle, Josh, Blake and Carlie. Michael had to stay home and work (someone had to foot the bill for our trip...). It was fun to hang out with my sisters doing a little shopping and lunching and movieing. Carlie went home on Monday morning and it's too bad because she missed out on the adventure to the pumpkin patch. The kids loved petting the animals and climbing around on the pumpkins.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
The Mile High Half
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Wow! Good job, I bet you feel great.
Well done on your run. I'm impressed you could do it after getting sick and no sleep.
nat, you are a rock star!! {but I already knew that.} way to do it sick + sleep deprived!
so I'm trying to talk my mom into walking the hobble creek half marathon next august, and I told her I'd do it too {well, hopefully I'll be running it... but we'll see how my drop foot goes}. I was just thinking that it would be fun if you did it with me!! it is down in your neck of the woods and my fave half marathon I've ever done. we just need to do a race together again. that's all I'm sayin'.
Wow! You are so amazing! I am so proud of you. That's a super long distance you just ran. Wow...
You're amazing! That's an accomplishment when you're not ill or sleep deprived. Great work.
That is so awesome you did a half marathon! Good job Natalie... you are awesome! Your trip to CO sounds super fun too. :)
Wow babe congrats! I'm so impressed! Especially not having felt well for a week and having little sleep the night before. Geez. Glad your trip was a success and I'm excited to see you on Thursday!
You're awesome! What do you know about the Ragnar relay from Ogden to Park City. A friend from my ward is trying to get a group organized.
Well, I've run that relay before and I'm on a team for this coming June. It's a fun race, but you're pretty exhausted by your third leg. It's long... 2 days, but definately worth doing.
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