Once Upon a Run: Weekly Recap- January 25-31, 2016

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Weekly Recap- January 25-31, 2016

Marathon #9--Complete!

Monday--rest

We were supposed to have softball practice but there weren't enough of us going so practiced eating food at Ale House instead :)

Tuesday-- 1 mile in 10:29. Tamara's Starbucks Birthday Run

Wednesday--rest

Kory and I joined Dad at Hot n Juicy Crawfish. I don't do spicy so I just had the garlic butter crab legs. My hands literally smelled like garlic for two days but they were some of the most flavorful crab legs I've ever had. I can't wait to go back!

Thursday--rest

Kory and I went to see The 5th Wave. I thought that there were some holes and mistakes in filming but I enjoyed the overall premise.

Friday--rest

We went to the expo for the Celebration Marathon. I love that they gave towels this year!

And I got my outfit ready.

Saturday--rest

I slept in then met up with a bunch of MRTT ladies at Bravo! Cucina Italiana for a pre-race dinner. I had my normal boring dinner of grilled chicken, mashed potatoes and rice (well, orzo this time) but the other food looked so yummy!

Sunday-- Celebration Marathon. 26.72 miles in 4:58:04 So happy to break 5 hours for a second time! Mile 1: 10:36, Mile 2: 10:04, Mile 3: 10:32, Mile 4: 10:30, Mile 5: 10:13, Mile 6: 10:41, Mile 7: 10:56, Mile 8: 11:19, Mile 9: 11:02, Mile 10: 10:54, Mile 11: 10:42, Mile 12: 11:12, Mile 13: 10:37, Mile 14: 10:31, Mile 15: 11:01, Mile 16: 11:09, Mile 17: 11:05, Mile 18: 11:47, Mile 19: 11:36, Mile 20: 11:51, Mile 21: 12:03, Mile 22: 12:29, Mile 23: 11:43, Mile 24: 11:43, Mile 25: 12:28, Mile 26: 11:48, Mile 26-26.72: 10:41, Average Pace: 11:10

I was nervous about the race because I really wanted to break 5 hours again. And I did! So I got my second best marathon time and beat last year's time by all most 2 1/2 mins. There were so many great supporters on course--lots of MRTT ladies and Faith's family! And Faith and I ran in to the finish together with a bunch of our MRTT ladies joining us!

Then later on that night--we'd just finished running a marathon--what were we going to do next? Go to Chuck E. Cheese! We went with Jordan, Ava Joy, her sister Bergen and her sister's kids.