I did another half marathon. I did not love it as much as the first one. I had not trained as much- so I was not as prepared. But- I knew I had done it before and I caught myself being a little over confident and thinking I could still beat my first time. Yeah right.
The first half of the race was pretty good- on target for my goal time. But after mile 8- my body started shutting down. At mile 10- they gave me some Acel Gel- and let's be honest- I was willing to try anything to help me at that point. The goo was so sugary- I barely got it down- and my body rejected it. It was pretty miserable. But...............I still finished.
I told Brad to not let me ever sign up for one again. (After the first one- I wanted to do a marathon) And I am already considering doing another one near Halloween with some friends. I think I am crazy.
It was a beautiful day at the race- a little chilly. We had to bust out Maggie's winter box.
After the race- I am glad that I smiled ;-) And for both races- they give you a "beer tag" to get a pint of beer- seriously? Even if I did drink alcohol- would I really want it right after running for 2 hours?
These two pics of Maggie are random- but cute. She tried Oreos for the first time- "More cookie mom" was all she said that night.
Brad has been busy at work again- working all weekend- so on Saturday we were SO bored and the pools were all closed- so we tried the Carousel in the mall. It exceeded both of our expectations!
8 comments:
I am soooo impressed you did another! And I agree with you, you are crazy for wanting to do another one :) Haha, jk. I'm really impressed. I could never do it! Love the pic of Maggie with her Oreo face :)
Ashley you are a superstar! THe goo is gross, huh? I hated it!!! It made my mouth so dry. Leah and I really want you to do the one with us in October. And we can't wait to see Maggie this week. Ha ha-I have oreos at my house for her:)
love the pictures! you are beautiful and Maggie is adorable.
Way to go, Ashley! You look amazing, by the way.
Ashley!! You are amazing... I am so proud of you!!! Good job on running!!! You look FABULOUS!!!! You are awesome!!! Keep up your training!!! Maggie is adorable. Addison is addicted to oreos!!! "Cookie" or "Mo" (Mo=More) Love ya girl. Good job!!!
You may feel a little crazy but, look so good! I need your work out plan for after I have baby! my goal is for a 5K first then at some point a half marathon.. Your little girl so so cute too! love her!
seriously, you are awesome! i would have shut down after mile 0.5. :P i'm so glad you were able to finish! everytime i read posts like these they inspire me to start running......and then i don't. :( someday i will be cool like you! great job!!!
This was a) inspirational as I seriously could benefit mentally, spiritually, emotionally, every kind of -ly from getting back into runny like you! and b) because your kid is so dang cute. I'm learning all about children's language acquisition and yeah for communication! More cookie mommy...love~ Way to go Ash. So great
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