March 23-Fort Wayne 20k-
Believe it or not, Jim Miller and I drove over the morning of (race was at 11) and were greeted to snow! It was in the 20's with a little wind! We joked about how we thought we were done with the snow for the next six or so months! The race started with 100-150 entrants doing either the 5 miler or 20k. It was very rolling for the first few miles and I could tell very early I hadn't fully recovered from the marathon of the previous week! By the 4 mle mark I was all alone with people getting smaller and smaller in the distance(despite my 10:20 per mile pace even). Just past 10k we did a turn around and for some reason I completely lost focus! I think it had something to do with the snow, solitude and general lousy feeling I'd had since I woke up! Fortunately there was one guy behind me (way behind me) and I knew I needed to keep pushing. By mile 8 I started catching some dude and right before 9 he looked back and sped up a little. What was interesting is I was probably 30 seconds behind him and right at the 10 mile mark, he jumped in a car and left. So much for catching him!! I trudged forward completely alone! I finished in about 2:20 but I was really glad just to be done! Jim and I stopped at an IHOP on the way home and were able to warm up just a little! I never thought we'd make it home but fortunately we finally did!!!
Note to self: Don't run a 20k 6 days after a marathon. You'd think I'd be smarter than that but then again, I really don't ask for directions when I'm lost so what would anyone expect!!!
Keep running!!!
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