Ready to Run…

Last Sunday my alarm went off at 4:45 a.m.  As it went off, I could hear heavy wind, hard rain and loud thunder and lightning outside my bedroom window.  It was a flashback to 2007, the first time I ran the Lincoln Half Marathon.  In 2007 I was crossing my fingers and hoping they would cancel the whole thing.  I had hardly trained and had no idea what to expect.  However, this time I was extremely disappointed and hoping that it would stop.  I wanted to run.  I trained, I had updated my Marathon Mania playlist on my i-pod,  I had a goal in mind and I wasn’t going to stop until I reached that goal.

The weather cleared and it actually turned out to be a gorgeous day!  A little humid, but otherwise I couldn’t complain.  And so we ran.  We ran for 13.1 miles. 

Trent came down to Lincoln to see the race.  He is 1 for 3 on actually getting to see me run.  Better luck next year, TL.  But I was just very excited to have him there!

So thankful I have Jamie to run with.  On Saturday mornings and race day.  I couldn’t do it without her!

This half brought several firsts...

First time finishing in under 2 hours...1:58.17

My first time on the news...

I tried to put the video in...no such luck.  We were at 30 seconds in the 31 second video.  Be thankful I spared you the other 29 seconds!  I would have never known, but the amazing Pat Yardley caught it with her eye on the news and told me about it.

And, my first trip to the emergency room... 

I got so sick after the race. I usually get a little sick, but this time it was awful...I will spare the details. After about 4 hours of being so sick I knew I was dehydrated so we headed to urgent care.  The diagnosis – dehydration.  An IV would take care of it, but they didn’t have them there so I would have to head over to Lakeside for that.  After about 2 hours of being poked and prodded I felt like a new woman.  Praise.The.Lord.

Now, I haven’t ran in a week.  Need to.  Want to.  But no time.  However, in 4 days I should have nothing but time!  4 more days of school my friends.  But who’s counting?  Until then...

{The Launes}