When I arrived to mile 13, I used all my energy left to sprint to the finish line. Once I entered the stadium, they announced my name on the PA system, which was pretty cool, and Paolo was already there with his uncle (his aunt was with me!) and both Paolo and his uncle started running with us cheering us on! Pati and I were all smiles as we crossed the finish line, and I had tears in my eyes. I was completely overcome with emotions and exhaustion... I did it!!! (and I have my finisher medal to prove it! :) )
Paolo and I are starting to plan our next set of races. We are going to do a 5K in January which has the winner of last season's Biggest Loser participating (how cool is that?!?!) and in March we are going to do the largest 15k in the country (which is 9.3 miles). There is a series of 3 races March 31/April 1 that we are considering... it's a 10k in the morning, a 5k at night, and a half marathon the next day. I think I won't quite be at the ability to do it all running, but we'll see! ;)
I got a groupon for 10 classes of Bikram yoga to help with my cross training... and we are going to start strength training as well, and along with following an actual training program, I think my times will start to improve and my endurance - stamina as well! As much I as honestly don't like running, it is kind of addictive... especially the races! I loveeeee getting tshirts, and I loved getting a medal even more! :-D
Tomorrow we are going to do our first run since the half marathon... it's gonna be a shorty! And on Saturday, we head out to Wisconsin for Christmas! Yay for time with the fam, friends, and especially my little sobrina Sophia! :)
Happy last 11 days of 2011!
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