I slept a sound 10 hours last night! It felt so nice and I was so tired.
When we woke up this morning, Johnny, Tiffany, and I headed out on a morning walk to stretch my sore legs and explore their new subdivision a bit. We ended up walking to the pond, around the pond, and back which was 2.94 miles (yes, I took my Garmin…) and it took us just over an hour.
When we got back we had been thinking about a big breakfast/brunch, but forgot we had told Tiffany’s sister to come over for lunch. I was starved so I ate something to hold me over until Laura gets here for lunch in a bit.
2 Organic Weetabix biscuits with 1 container strawberry Oikos
I love Greek yogurt, and Oikos is one of the better brands I’ve found. I want to find more flavors, my local grocer only has vanilla, strawberry, and blueberry 
So as I drifted off to sleep last night I thought about my race and wanted to reflect on the experience and the preparation. I think the biggest keys to my success were:
1. Operation Hydration (making a conscious effort to be more hydrated all week & during training)
2. Adrenaline. Nuff said.
3. Increasing my mileage slowly and resting my foot between runs
4. Support from the blog world, friends & family
5. Being a vegetarian and knowing how to fuel my body more ethically (thank you, No Meat Athlete)
6. Having confidence in myself and knowing that I truly was capable of finishing
7. The crowds cheering me on at the 10k
Also, I finally uploaded the data from my Garmin and noticed that I negative split the entire race. I wish I hadn’t been so reserved the first 2 miles, I probably could have gone a bit faster (but, would I have died out earlier?). Mile 5-6 was sub 10 minutes. I’ve NEVER run a sub 10 minute mile, and I did it in the end of a race! And there was a hill on mile 5 (small, but slowly increasing steepness). Pretty incredible, if I do say so myself.
Okay enough of that. I have BIG race plans that I’m planning, so look for a HUGE announcement in the next few weeks! Off to shower, eat lunch, and shop!
congrats on your epic race!
THANKS!!! also, I feel like a celeb (you) has just commented on my blog!!
Love your blog so far – found it on Daily Mile.
And I love that you support TWLOHA! I am a big supporter as well b/c I have a teen daughter with substance abuse problems.
So glad I found you!
danielle, so glad to have some DM’ers over here! are we friends yet?? hahhaha (I lose track). and if you have 20 seconds, click on the TWLOHA link, it is free and super easy. my father took his own life, so something like this is also very dear to my heart. sorry to hear about your daughter, I know it is difficult for anyone! *hugs*