Since I clicked "mode" before allowing it to locate the sattelites, my first .11 miles on there but we went by Heidi's garmin so I KNOW I didn't cheat myself at all.
Today was TOUGH! But I'll first start by the awesome stuff. This course was GORGEOUS!!! We ran through Sun City in Georgetown and I was in love. Hutto sucks as far as scenery and elevation goes for sure. We started off fine, my chest didn't seem to bother me much even though it was cold out. First 6 miles went by abnormally fast, guess it was all the talking and admiring the TREES all around us! We made a stop for the bathroom and water at a little mini mart and that is when the coughing fit happened! Coughed so much I had to use the inhaler but tried not to focus on it and just get back out there....it was WAYYYYYYYY to early to think ANYTHING negative!
Heidi then led me to a little trail somewhere right in the middle of the run and I've never seen anything so pretty! I LOVED being in the woods. (would NEVER do it alone though, FOR SURE!) All I could see in front of me and around me were beautiful fallen leaves, creeks and little bridges to run over and I just fell in love...definitely the best part of the run even though it did hurt the bottoms of my feet. (the rocks and the uneven ground) I'm also attributing some of my left knee pain to this!
I hung tough even after the next and last bathroom trip having another major coughing fit. This was at mile 13 and sort of did me in...last 3 miles were harder than last week's 18 miler. I told myself that it was probably because I'm still recovering and not to be hard on myself...I DID THE 16 and that's what mattered!
The course was a seemingly NONSTOP incline with hills and the trails. Definitely the toughest course I've done yet so I'm very surprised that my pace was almost the same as my 18 miler which had a good portion of it flat (down 79). I huffed and puffed like a baby wanting to walk the last .5mile but did it.
Heidi was encouraging, conversation was great, all in all AWESOME RUN!
As usual, my runner's "high" comes when I'm FINISHED running....LOL!!
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