Well I have been a bit bad about writing about my races for the last two months, so I will start with my races last weekend then update you on the other ones hopefully throughout the next week or so. I start with last weekend because I am kinda proud of myself for doing two races in one weekend. I participated in the ABB 5K which is just the day before the big Chevron/Aramco Marathon and Half Marathon.
If you remember from a while back I was going to do the full marathon, but I had to back out because I just couldn’t put in the time needed to train for it. I was volunteering at my kid’s school more and just general life was busy. It was enough to be able to go out and do half marathons with little training, but I knew I couldn’t pull off a full marathon without proper training. Maybe next year..maybe.
I saw that there was going to be a 5K the day before the big race and decided to sign up for it so that it would loosen my legs a bit before the big day. It wound up almost being a big disaster. My first few steps out my ankle rolled a bit and hurt, but quickly worked itself out. I wasn’t really feeling this race though. Funny thing is that it usually takes me 3-4 miles to get into a race so only doing 3.1 miles my legs just weren’t happy. I had also had a cold for over two weeks prior and hadn’t been eating well so my energy level was pretty low.
Not trying to make excuses, but just sharing why I know it wasn’t my best race. My official time was 37:58. Better than I have been doing, but I was drained. I was a little worried about how my race the next day would go since I was so incredibly tired after this one. So the rest of the day, I tried to hydrate myself as much as I could. I was sent some Drip Drop to try out and I really think it helped me prepare for my half marathon the next day.
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