Hugely disappointing.
- How did you feel at the start?
Tired but great! Slept about 3 hours....Same as all the other marathons.
- When did you find your groove?
Mile 4 - when Katy Perry's "E.T." came on.
- Do you always run races w/an iPod?
Yes. Ever since my 2nd marathon.
- Ever had an issue w/your iPod?
Funny you should ask.... No, but..... It completely crapped out on me [this marathon] at mile 9. #@£%{]@): urrrgggg.
- How was the weather?
Beautiful but windy. Note to self...one thing treadmills cannot do is prepare you for wind.
- How did your legs feel after the mostly downhill decent at mile 14?
- Do you ever get cramps while racing?
Not until this marathon. Mile 16.
- So why did that medic on the bike stop you at 17.25?
He saw me barf at 17.
- Why did he continue to follow you to 20.
He thought I should pull out of the race.
- What did you tell him?
"I'd rather crawl on my hands & knees bleeding than ride on the back of that bike of yours. I bet you haven't even named it. " - ok, I left the "naming it" part out.
- What did he say to that?
"If you barf or dry heave more than 5 times- I'm pulling you out of the race."
- How many times did you barf?
Three. YAY me!
- Awesome moment of the run?
Right after barfing, the first time [about 1/8 mile after] having an unknown man say, "ummmm, you Karine's daughter?". My reply, "yep, did she not tell you I'd be followed by a medic?"
- How did you get medic boy to leave you?
He just declared, "your crazy but admirable. I'll come back at 24 to check on you. "
- Did he come back at 24?
Not that I'm aware of.
- Things you did in this race you've never done before?
Barf.
Get cramps.
Have music problems.
Stopping to WALK eleven [yes, I counted] times.
- Sad moments?
Not my "usual crew" along the race. Realize how much I love those few seconds of seeing my loved ones.
No peanut at finish line.
- Loser moment?
At 26.1 When friends Hubby yelled, "ya Emily. Great job!" and I replied, "I completely suck."
- Loser moment #2?
When they wanted a "finisher photo" & I didn't. Then he asked me to put the medal by my face & I said, "I'd rather not."
- Loser moment #3?
Seeing the Pita but avoiding him at all costs. Walked in circles in the "runners only" area until I thought I was done sulking, fighting back tears & being mad at myself.
- Loser moment #4?
Left runners area too quickly. Started bawling. Medal may have [very childishly] been "dropped" onto grass. I think the same thing happened to my full glass of water. Weird.
- Loser moment #5?
Crying. A lot of crying [under sunglasses, of course].
- Loser moment #6?
Missing a surprise visit from Brooke. A childhood friend. Don't have the words to explain just how frustrated this made me.
You. rock. Brooke.
- Loser moment #7
Running out of the way of the photo guy at mile 20.
Time . . . . 3:35
You are totally uplifted and ready to start your day . . . . no?!
Sorry guys. I'm my own worst critic. I expect a lot of myself. And I may be slightly competitive with myself. [and a bad sport]
I have plenty of things I'd love to blame this lackluster race on. Some of which may even be valid. But no excuse makes me feel any better. Just a bad race.
Learning from it. and running on.
