About:writeontherun

Location:North Bend WA USA 98045

I'm a lucky woman who loves her life. I have an amazing husband who makes me laugh and challenges me all at the same time I have two very young, bright, funny, entertaining children and a job I love as a physcial therapist. In my free time, I'm a runner (slow but sure), a hiker, a writer (at least by avocation), and a human jungle gym for my little ones. This is my third 1/2 marathon, along with a couple fulls, but my first foray back into distance running since the two back-to-back little ones. (My running partner's favorite fact about me is that my kids are 363 days apart.) It's also my first attempt at any type of blogging, and I'm basically computer illiterate, so hang in there with me.



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Seattle 1/2 Marathon. Brutal. Just Brutal.

November 25th, 2007 by writeontherun

The plan: Run the first 9 or 10 miles, then do a jog/walk for the rest. Enjoy the view. Have fun.

The reality: How do I say this politely? Ran the first 3. Stopped, waited in line for the porta-potty. Ran the next 2. Stopped, waited in line for the porta-potty. The easiest way to describe this run would be to tell you that it was a tour of the Honey Buckets. On a positive note, the nice race planners placed them every mile. That’s 9 Honey Buckets I visited. This was not a pleasant run. I ran through the 7th mile, and from there on out, it was all I could do to stay upright. In all my runs and all of my races, however slow I’ve gone, I’ve never before wanted to walk to a medic and say, “That’s it. I’m done. Take me off the course.” I wanted to do that today. But I didn’t! I finished the 1/2 Marathon run/walk/slog/doubled over moving in a somewhat forward direction. And hey, in the moments that I noticed it, it’s a very pretty course. I’m going to lie back down now.

Workout:

  • Type: Run
  • Date: 11/25/2007
  • Time: 07:30:00
  • Total Time: 2:45:00.00
  • Distance: 13.1 miles
  • Average Pace: 12:36.3/mile

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4 Responses

  1. Lisa Sabin Says:
    November 25th, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    Geez, did you eat something funky? Have you ever had GI problems like this before? It sounds miserable. You get the award for finishing!

    Take care of yourself and lay low this week! :)

  2. cardano Says:
    November 25th, 2007 at 7:42 pm

    Ouch. Stomache problems are the worst. Hope you feel better.

  3. Brad Hefta-Gaub Says:
    November 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pm

    Yeah… that sucks! Do you know what caused it? I hope it wasn’t Kim’s cooking?! ;)

  4. kimayars Says:
    November 25th, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    You poor thing! But you get get MAJOR bonus points for finishing!

    Now Brad, you’ve eaten my cooking before (and lived to tell about it)… ;-)

    At least this week will be easy!