Last Friday was not only pajama day at school, but my best friend and roommate from college came to spend the weekend in Tulsa. We talk all the time, so it doesn't even seem like we are in different states, but it is so nice when we actually get to hang out. We make a good effort for each of us to visit each other several times a year and it also helps that we have family in Dallas. But anyways, she got here a lot earlier than she was expecting and we went and had a girls night. We went to got our toes and nails done and then we came back home to cook dinner. It was also my good friend Peter's birthday party, but since Elizabeth was getting into town at that time, Mitch went solo.
Saturday we got up early and ran the Tulsa Run and overall it went good! I was very proud of myself for running the whole thing, but it was hard on my legs!! And actually there is a funny story to go along with it. So I started my training a few months ago and was doing well with it. Then, Elizabeth called and said she was not going to be able to make it to run it with me because of her work. Well at the same time, I got super busy with school stuff and just relay slacked in my training and by slacked I mean not train at all. About 3 weeks out from the race I found out my school was going to all run together and we got money for our school. So since elizabeth wasn't coming and my training had not been going week, I decided to change and just run the 5k with my school. Well one week before the race, she called and guess what.... yes, she found someone to switch with her for work and she was coming. Now don't get me wrong, I was overjoyed she was able to come, but I told her I didn't think I was going to be able to run the 15k. We were both bummed because we love running together. So she told me to go on one long run and see how it goes and then decide from there. So that sunday, I went on what I thought was a 6 mile run (I will explain later) and it went great. I wasn't tired, wasn't hurting, my cardio was great so I decided I would run it with her. So that week leading up to the race I ran everyday, but just did little short 3 mile runs.
Well come race day, I knew I wasn't fully prepared, but I knew I could pull it out. So, back up a little bit... I have a Nike GPS chip that goes in my shoe and I use Nike+ to run with. I have had it for about 2 1/2 years and LOVE IT! I am addicted to all its features. But anyways, I have always used to on my runs and training, but never on a real race. I normally don't think about using it at a race because the miles are marked for you. But I decided I would use it Saturday so it would track my run, calories, best mile, etc. Well I guess when I got it 2 years ago, I never calibrated it. I just trusted it was right. Well... let me tell you... it wasn't. I didn't realize this until I hit my button on my iPod and it said "you have ran 5.5 miles". I was so tired I didn't realize that I really had not gone very far, but I do remember thinking "this is going by a lot faster than it feels". Well if you know the race course at all.. you start in downtown, run all the way down riverside until the turnaround and then all the way back down riverside, through downtown to 4th and boston to equal 9.3 miles. Well since it was a down and back course, I figured that at the turn around I was somewhat half way so I didn't hit my button. I finally was getting tired, so I pressed it and it said " you have ran 8.5 miles". Now at this point I was super relieved but very confused. I thought for a split second I was almost done. I wasn't even finished running riverside and I knew I had to still run though downtown. So when it told me I was at 8.5 miles, I looked up and downtown seemed so far away. I knew something was wrong. So the last several miles were so hard mentally because I thought I was pretty much finished and in reality I had many more miles to go. We found out at the end that my gps was off by over 2 miles! So really when I thought I ran 5.5- I was only at 3.5 ha! No wonder it felt easy at first. So not only did that make it the most difficult race ever mentally, I really only ran one 4 mile run for my training!
I know that is a long story y'all probably don't rely want to know, but I know I will forget if I don't document. But once the race was done I felt great and was proud of myself for completing it. After, we all went home and cleaned up the out to Ted's for lunch. We met Katie and Shannon there and ate back all the calories we burnt off. After lunch, we went to downtown Jenks for shopping and Starbucks. We got home that evening and did nothing! We were all so tired!
Elizabeth left that morning and Mitch and I went to church. After church, we had a ver special party to go to. My best friend, Peter was proposing to his girlfriend, Libby and we had a big party at her parents house to celebrate! Peter has been like a big brother to my since I was in middle school and I am so very thankful to have him in my life. I have gotten to know Libby over the past few years and have fallen in love with her too. She is so genuine, sweet and most importantly perfect for Pete. I am so excited for them to get to experience marriage together!
Thats about all thats going on here. I am working on a halloween post so check back in!
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