Whew!

I would say, "Boy, I'm glad I'm done with that...." in regards to the race I've been training for these past 9 weeks has finally happened (this morning) and I finished and lived to tell the story. But, when I got done, I realized I still felt pretty good and must not have pushed myself hard enough to run more than I did. And it was kind of a "downer" to finally be at the end of my journey and while I'm proud of myself, something just seems to be missing... and I'm not sure what. Both my wonderful coach, Jim, and Sam did send me messages to tell me how proud they were of me and I'll be forever greatful for that.... as this was quite a bit of hard work and it's nice to have some recognition for the effort. The race ended and I came home to a relatively empty house for the evening.... which was nice as I got a rare nap in and now I'm not tired enough to go to sleep.... figures.



My day was pretty good though and I'm definitely going to do another race - maybe even this fall if I can find another 8k to do. I have to bug the coach to see what the schedule should be for the next month at least..... and then how/what I can do over the winter with my limited resources to stay in shape to some extent. I'm pretty sure a yoga class may be in order... after I'm done with this crazy hip hop dance class I'm doing on Friday nights.



I'm going to try to include a picture of the race today.... sorry, I can't tell exactly where I am, but I am in the picture - trust me.



Hugs and goodnight wishes to you all,

Erin