GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t get this stupid grin off my face and I still haven’t taken my medal off!!
Is it normal to be this excited about running a 10k race!?!? :D
I had the TIME OF MY LIFE today! I seriously did.
Every second was truly amazing and I finally had the chance to run a race that I have been planning for a LONG time.
I FINALLY got redemption for my injury this winter that put me out of ALL and ANY exercise for 2 whole months.
TODAY WAS REDEMPTION DAY, baby!!!
Check out this VIDEO recap I put together (took me a LONG time so I hope you enjoy it!!)
In this video you will find out:
- How the morning of the run went
- How the race went
- My finish time
- My placing
- Pictures + commentary galore!
And here are a few pictures…
Around 8am this morning after dropping off my bars to the finish line…
Can’t you just feel the excitement seeping out of my skin!?!?
At the start area! We were SO early, but at least we weren’t rushed!! IT WAS HOT. As in 28C/82F hot and not a cloud in the sky!
Warming up…in wine country walking the hills!!
Yea, so about them hills, eh!
Well, about 15 minutes before the race someone goes to me:
“So the hills on this route are CRAZY hard, eh??”
And I was like…ummm crap. Guess who forgot to check the route map this week!!! ME! But in my defense, the race organization didn’t even have the route posted until this week apparently. I was checking it and checking it for weeks prior to and then this week was SO busy I just forgot.
So this man tells me how hard the 10k is going to be with these ‘hellish hills’. He said there were 5 huge hills in it.
Here I was thinking that wine country would be FLAT. I was SO wrong. So so wrong.
I went to the bathroom 4 times (and could have gone 5 but I ran out of time! lol). I needed to stay hydrated as it was so hot!!! I think I drank about 7-8 cups of water before the race (over about 5 hours though).
Starting line!!! I was lucky to get near the front of the pack:
Wearing necklaces with an Ipod was a bad idea…they got tangled around my ipod cord (left pic)!!
Luckily Eric got them out after the race (right pic)!!!
My new tee my hubby bought me! :D I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! So me!!!
WINE IS THE ANSWER. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
bahahaha.
All runners got two of these wine glasses– I love them!
I am exhausted! So you will have to wait until tomorrow for parts 2 and 3 of the recap!!
I still can’t believe that I placed 3rd in my division, 19th out of 199 women, and 39th overall. I truly surprised myself.
I guess all of the intense cross training workouts paid off! It just goes to show that you don’t have to run 5 days a week to have a huge pay off! I think I ran once in the last 2 weeks– crazy huh??
I am just floating on a cloud right now and probably will be for a while. :D
Ok back to this…
I have totally crashed and burned tonight!
The past two weeks have been nothing short of crazy busy for me and it really hit me tonight when I got home! I need rest and recuperation!!!
See you tomorrow for race recap #2 and #3!
I will be showing you everything I ate the night before and day of the race!
I will also give you a blow by blow of the race itself and how I felt!!
Congrats Angela! I just ran my first race ever on Saturday!
AH-Mazing!!!
Congrats on your first race!
Congrats on finishing and doing so well on the race! It must be an incredible feeling to know you finally accomplished something you’ve been preparing for (and looking great!). You go girl!
Congrats girlie! Great video. Your bars looked awesome on the table next to everything else. You did great today!
your amazing and inspiring :) congrats ange!!
congratulations, angela! not only did you run a fantastic race (and showed that you don’t have to kill yourself training to do so) but your charity efforts were really amazing and inspiring. AWESOME JOB!!
Haven’t looked at the video yet, but I did see the start and was immediately hooked when you said the forecast in celcius – thank you! :) I love running/racing in the sun too. Congrats on your race – it sounds like you had an amazing time!
congrats!!!
Congrats on your awesome time in the race and on all the money you raised for the CCS!!! Looks like you had an awesome time yesturday!
You rocked it!!!! Congrats Ange!!!
congratulations!!! you really are such an inspiration!
Congrats Angela!!! That is SOOOOO AMAZING!!! I’m so hard of how hard you pushed yourself and how well you did. I’m sure it was definitely worth all that effort. GREAT JOB! :D :D :D
So impressive and a true inspiration! I’ve been toying around with the idea of doing the Detroit Free Press Marathon 5-person relay with a group of friends and now you’ve truly planted the seed for me!
OH MY GOSH! Good job!!! I almost DIE during 5k’s… I can’t even imagine a 10k!!! What was on your ipod playlist???
Great job Angie!! WE are so proud of you and your determination to achieve your goals. What a girl!!!! Love, DAD
i loved the recap!!! congrats Ange!! That is so awesome!!! I bet the hills were a killer…but you MADE IT!! So cool you got to have Oh She Glows Bakery goodies out there too! I bet that’s going to be great for business!!!
Congrats!!!!!! That looks like such a fun race. Way to go!!!!
YOU GO!!!! You’re awesome, I am totally happy for you. I love the race excitement, its the best!
Congrats on the race Ange!! (Clearly I’m way behind in blog reading…)
WOW!! So proud of you! You go girl!!
What type of running watch do you have? Is it very important to keep track of your HR? How much was that special running watch?