We ended up staying at the host hotel which was the Wilderness of the Smokies, they have an indoor water park should have taken my suit, which is also where the packet pickup was. I really wasn't feeling all that well but didn't say anything about it to anyone. We picked up our packets, checked into our room and headed out the door for some retail therapy at the outlet mall! After a couple of hours of shopping we headed on over to Olive Garden for some YUMMY pasta salad and breadsticks :) We ended up back at out hotel and in the bed by 9:30p.m. ~ look out husbands we are party animals LOL!
Something the race directors wanted (and included) was for everyone to wear the red Santa shirt, hat and beard!
HO! HO! HO! |
Me, Sheri, Carmen and Sarah Aren't we the cutest Santa's EVER?!?! |
Miles 5 - 9: I am so thankful I told myself I was doing this just for fun I was really feeling the effects of NOT training. During these miles I did lots of run/walk at first I would take short 30 - 45 second walk breaks and run at least 5mins or longer. After I reached the turn around I started feeling a little better and was able to run about a mile and a half without walking. Then I was back to run/walk but with longer walks this time. I kept checking my watch and trying to figure out how close to 1:59:59 I could get IF I could just pull myself together and GO! Nice thought anyway remember I am doing this for FUN!
Miles 10 - 13.2: (Isn't it suppose to be 13.1??)Yea by the time I reached mile 10 I was pretty much done for. I told myself several times "its only a 5k left" only the longest 5k ever! I tried my very best to actually run as much of it as I could then I told myself just try to run the entire last mile, well that was out as well....at about mile 12.85 making the last turn to the finish one of the race officials asked me if I was alright, if I needed anything and if I could finish?? Did I really look that bad??
My Finish Stats: Official finish time 2:19:00
Age Division: 35/65
Overall: 384/634
Looks like I was stuck in the middle!
Not my best performance, Not my worst, Not too bad considering lack of training! I felt AWFUL when I did finally finish, my legs hurt, my head hurt, my belly ached and I quit sweating and had the chills.
Overall for a first time event it was very well organized. Will more than likely do it again next year! (With better training :) I would recommend this race to anyone even though it is pretty much just one long hill both ways in/out but with the right training I think anyone could achieve a PR!
Super Thirsty! |
Sheri, Sarah & Me -I look super tired UGGHH! |
Super Cute Medal!! I am all about the Medals :) |
8 comments:
Now that's a fun medal! And you guys looked great. Sounds like one to make a tradition, I think!
super fun race. I want to do it just to have pictures in Santa's beard.
looks like fun and great medal!!
That looks like so much fun! I wanted to do one of those, but there were not any near me! Great pics!
cute medal! love the santa outfits too! :) sorry about your run though.
The race really provided the santa outfits? To keep? Being in MN, I bet the hat and beard would be great to run in for a Christmas race to help keep me nice and warm. Unless the beard was super itchy, then no bueno.
Love that medal! I'll have to see how far that race would be for me. Great job on your race!
love the medal! great job!
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