On June 2nd, I ran my half-marathon! WOW! Talk about exilerating! It was amazing! I cannot thank my friends Heather and Kathy enough for all the training and sticking by my side as a new (slow) runner!
The race was hard, but it was fantastic! I had the best time and I'd totally do it again! In fact, I'm running 13 miles this Sunday; not even in a race!
Here is something I wrote after the race:
Saturday’s race was amazing. It was a really tough course, lots of hills, great scenery, and awesome company (ran with my two running buddies) We ran a 10.5 min mile steady and I felt really strong. About 4 miles (mile 5-8) of the run was on a slant, and I think it put a lot of pressure on my left side, my knee and hip flexor were really hurting after the 9 mile mark. I took an Advil at 7.5 miles and it didn’t take long until I was feeling much better.
At 12.5 miles (I can’t believe I made it that far!) I got a HORRIBLE cramp in my right ab. I was running with my arms up trying to catch a breath and really focused on getting long deep breaths, stretching my stride and keeping a steady pace while getting heart rate down. Once I could see the finish line though, I didn’t even realize I was still cramped and the adrenaline just kicked in and finished strong. It was pretty emotional for me. Another check off my bucket list! Disney Marathon 2014 here I come! LOL!
In other news, I finished up my largest Biggest Loser contest at the end of June. My winner lost almost 40lbs and I could not be more proud! I have a couple people that have dropped a lot of weight, over 60lbs some of them! I'm impressed and inspired!
In July, I started a Biggest Losers Bootcamp. We are just into week 2 and it's really going well! The group is relatively small (25 contestants) and they have challenges every week! Everyone is working extremely hard, and while the challenge is only 8 weeks total, I think they will all see huge results!
So there's my update. I really need to be better about keeping up with the blog :)
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