It was good - I was so anxious about it the night before, but I slept good and woke up early to get ready. The first few miles were pretty tough for me, mentally they always are though. Once I hit the 3 mile marker, I hit my stride and started enjoying it. H and Willow met me at about 7.5 miles, which gave me a big boost. I was happy to see them and it gave me another round of gusto.
That took me to the bridge to Manteo. This bridge was about 2 miles long - from mile 9 to 11. I could see the steep slope for half a mile and was dreading it. It was really rough and by the time I reached the top, my legs were so sore and I was ready to be done. I was much slower after the bridge and chugged along to the end, but I was ready to be done! I finished in just under 2:16, which was a minute slower than my previous half. Woot. Better than I thought I would do !
H met me at the finish line and we went for coffee and pancakes afterwards. Overall it was really pretty. I didn't stop to take any photos though. Here is a photo H took of me at mile 7.5 and then one of all of us at the end. And Willow at the beach - she had so much fun. Thanks for your support guys!!
Congratulations doglove! That's great! So it wasn't your fastest, with a slope like the one you described I think your time is still really impressive.
Thank you! I wasn't aiming for a PR anyways, but I was doing so well during the first 2/3 of the race that I started to think I was going to get one. It was kind of a bummer I didn't with the times I was posting prior to the bridge.
Post by dixienormous on Nov 12, 2013 11:55:31 GMT -5
We got snow this morning. It stopped but it's still COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD.
Had our annual meeting with the Dept of Health regarding PF's therapies. I got her an extra at-home session! It will be a therapy that carries over ALL of the therapies she get's (PT, OT, Speech, Cognitive)
Wait, you get snow in NC? Drama and Alecto will not be happy about this.
I neeeed to make plans w/ them. Life has been soo crazy. And yes, sometimes we do get some snow - maybe at most 3 or 4 times a year. Usually once or none and just a dusting though.
I wouldn't mind some snow. I like snow a lot but it just sends people into crazy mode here. Seriously they are like arm flailing idiots, they completely clean off store shelves if there is even the slightest mention of snow.
Yeah same here. Everyone buys the crap out of bread, milk and eggs. We do get ice storms, which are really awful and I can understand the panic when those happen, but snow? No.
I wouldn't mind some snow. I like snow a lot but it just sends people into crazy mode here. Seriously they are like arm flailing idiots, they completely clean off store shelves if there is even the slightest mention of snow.
I wouldn't mind some snow. I like snow a lot but it just sends people into crazy mode here. Seriously they are like arm flailing idiots, they completely clean off store shelves if there is even the slightest mention of snow.
Kroger was insane last night. We didn't even get an inch at the house but people were freaking out like a blizzard was nigh.
LOL, here they call these little snows "practice snows" becuase people forget how to drive in it. It annoys the crap out of me pretty much all winter.
This happens here too. After the first two snows everyone decides not to be totally stupid and we all live with the snow just like we do every winter. I'm not quite ready for the snow yet but I did get new windshield wipers that are designed for snow and make it so that ice can't get stuck all around the blade. <mytubeelement data="{"bundle":{"label_delimitor":":","percentage":"%","smart_buffer":"Smart Buffer","start_playing_when_buffered":"Start playing when buffered","sound":"Sound","desktop_notification":"Desktop Notification","continuation_on_next_line":"-","loop":"Loop","only_notify":"Only Notify","estimated_time":"Estimated Time","global_preferences":"Global Preferences","no_notification_supported_on_your_browser":"No notification style supported on your browser version","video_buffered":"Video Buffered","buffered":"Buffered","hyphen":"-","buffered_message":"The video has been buffered as requested and is ready to play.","not_supported":"Not Supported","on":"On","off":"Off","click_to_enable_for_this_site":"Click to enable for this site","desktop_notification_denied":"You have denied permission for desktop notification for this site","notification_status_delimitor":";","error":"Error","adblock_interferance_message":"Adblock (or similar extension) is known to interfere with SmartVideo. Please add this url to adblock whitelist.","calculating":"Calculating","waiting":"Waiting","will_start_buffering_when_initialized":"Will start buffering when initialized","will_start_playing_when_initialized":"Will start playing when initialized","completed":"Completed","buffering_stalled":"Buffering is stalled. Will stop.","stopped":"Stopped","hr":"Hr","min":"Min","sec":"Sec","any_moment":"Any Moment","popup_donate_to":"Donate to","extension_id":null},"prefs":{"desktopNotification":true,"soundNotification":true,"logLevel":0,"enable":true,"loop":false,"hidePopup":true,"autoPlay":false,"autoBuffer":true,"autoPlayOnBuffer":false,"autoPlayOnBufferPercentage":42,"autoPlayOnSmartBuffer":true,"quality":"default","fshd":false,"onlyNotification":false,"enableFullScreen":true,"saveBandwidth":false,"hideAnnotations":false,"turnOffPagedBuffering":true}}" event="preferencesUpdated" id="myTubeRelayElementToPage"></mytubeelement><mytubeelement data="{"loadBundle":true}" event="relayPrefs" id="myTubeRelayElementToTab"></mytubeelement>