This is a lovely pic of me after my race. Trust me, I feel even worse than I look. There wasn't one person I talked to after the race that didn't say, "That Sucked!!!"
This was our 3rd race of 5 in the Striders winter training series. Because of the the time change, this race was technically one hour earlier than the past couple. As a result of this it was cold, and the roads were icy......which was tricky (almost bit it a couple of times.) The best part was we didn't have to run in the snow that was forecast (it didn't start snowing until the afternoon.)
I made a huge mistake of eating pasta at 8:00p.m followed by a Hot fudge Sunday the night before....yep. And I felt it like a rock in my gut the whole time. It was not a strong race for me. I dropped about 18 seconds a mile. I was however, happy to stay under 9min miles. I wasn't sure I could after I ran it eairlier this week. The hills are so steep. Here's the end result. I finished 1:27:45, 131 overall, and 9th in my age catagory.
9 Tiffany Gatten 117 39 131 1:27:45.3 8:47/M
Before this race I was sitting in 3rd place over all (combining the last 2 races) in my age category. We'll see how this race effects my standing. I'm was so excited to get this race over with though. It is by far the worst race of the five, and it's all cake after this. Bring on the 1/2 marathon BABY!
My freakin' awsome friends times. They had wonderful races, and Missy gave blood! Way to bleed it out Missy!!!! You're my kinda girl. :)
5 Missy Nichols 257 40 145 1:29:11.2 8:55/M
4 Teresa Odekirk 259 46 146 1:29:11.6 8:55/M
10 Lisa Stofferahn 353 40 187 1:33:27.7 9:21/M
11 BECKY WOODEN 432 34 193 1:33:47.7 9:23/M
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