Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Now THAT'S A Happy Runner!!

First off ... thank you all so very much for your comments yesterday, they really do mean a lot and helped cheer me up! I probably shouldn't whine. I probably shouldn't vent. I probably shouldn't be so hard on myself. And I definitely need to ignore the mean minority! I'll work on it, I promise!! I've gotta get some tough skin - I've heard this more than once.

I'm hoping more photos will come through eventually because I swear there was a dead on shot at the finish area. I'm hoping anyway. But of the few I did get I have a hysterical shot of me around the10 mile mark when I was rapidly crashing, no longer sweating and starting to get chills. If you ever needed visual proof of my late-in-the-race crashes ... here it is.... I mean it is so bad I probably shouldn't share it. I look like I'm giving some death glare at some poor soul .... AND for the record - I'm going to buy my photos for this race but like I said before, I'm just hoping a couple more are added from the finish line first. So once I am confident they are done uploading, I will buy and no longer have that logo across the front. Anyway - enough procrastination ... here is a shot of yours truly not even having enough oomph to fake a smile!


However - let's fast forward 3 miles .... when I just got my final wind thanks to a very supportive spectator that witnessed a sight probably much worse than the one above ... he got me going again and once I came through the gates to Hayward Field and saw Pre's track and the finish line, well ....


That's right! I was freaking ecstatic!!  That PR and sub-2:30 was mine with 5 minutes to spare on the BIG "A" goal! I shall keep this photo handy next time I start to get down on myself!


11 comments:

  1. I love that smiling pic. That's really what running is all about, isn't it? :)

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    1. It is!! I think that's why I want to buy it. I need a photo up of MYSELF having a great time running! Might help me remember what's important!

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  2. Great smiling photo!!!!! Keep them spirits up!

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  3. LOL... I pretty much have the death glare in all my photos :D That last one is awesome!

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    1. I try to hide the death glare, but clearly I didn't even register they were taking photos or I'd have faked it a little bit!

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  4. Thats fantastic well done an awesome PR - WHOOP-WHOOP
    (and for your last post .... ignore the numpTs :-))

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  5. You are positively glowing!! You have so many reasons to be proud of this race.

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  6. Thanks! I can't believe I actually want to pay for it - but these are the cheapest photos of any race I've ever done!

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