Today I am in Chicago, and earlier I was in Valparaiso, IN where I ran the Valpo Mini Marathon (half marathon). I'm not sure yet of my final time but I think it was somewhere around 2:25, so it should be my second best finish. This was a tough one. I guess it's not supposed to be easy, but compared to how I felt in Cabo my last two races have been really challenging and somewhat frustrating. I only got about 3 hours of sleep the night before (and 5 the night before that) so I was pretty depleted of energy going into the race. Excuses, excuses. The frustrating thing about this one is that I totally had a chance for a PR but I was just worn out. I was at 1:50 right around 10 miles, so if I had been able to keep up a 10:00/min pace to the end I easily would have PR'd. Oh well - I'm glad I did it (my 6th half!) because I badly needed this race in advance of Santa Barbara on May 10.
A few things come to mind that I need to focus on in the days before SB:
1) Drink at least 64oz. of water every day in the week before a race.
2) I have to make sleep a priority - I can't go into another race on 3 hours sleep.
3) Pay more attention to my stress level, alcohol consumption, and what I'm eating. I wasn't particularly stressed going into this race because I had been in Palm Springs most of the week, but I wasn't sleeping for some reason (other than because I was having too much fun in PS to sleep!), and I definitely drank and ate more than usual in the Springs.
Tomorrow I go to Boston to cheer Sue on in the marathon, and then it's off to Dallas. Yee haw!
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