A glimpse!

One thing that happened was a migraine on Saturday... the meds keep me awake so NO sleep occurred on Saturday. I slept 7hrs on Friday and 10 hours on Sunday night.

Working on recovery! I had hydration issues that put me in the medical tent for around 30minutes. Then with the help of other TNT'ers I had 1st dibs on the buses (which would have been over 1hr wait) because of them asking and my feeling so bad with symptoms that included: dizziness, lightheadedness, upset stomach, nausea, chills, and shakes... to name most of them.

--------------------- Will Melissa do another Marathon? ---------------------

You bet! I will do another one in the future but not anytime soon! Jeremy was my witness to my post-marathon issues and he wants me to do easy runs like sticking to half marathons. He worries that my knees will cause problems in the future so to make him happy I will stick to half marathons or less. He is happy to know that I am doing only 11 miles in Chattanooga! I am also running a half marathon for Disney in August. I will do another one through TNT but it will probably be Rock'n'Roll Phoenix, AZ Jan. 18th (if he will let me) otherwise I will just mentor/train with out running the marathon and then mentor again when I get the GREEN from Jeremy that I have his approval/support for the next marathon I do.

Half marathon wise. I love beating my times... I did GREAT for the half marathon yesterday. I feel so much accomplishment from beating my time for the half marathon portion during yesterdays race... I have no brain so I hope this makes sense, LOL!

Recap on 1/2 marathon times
Feb. 2007 2:45
Feb 2008 2:39
June 2008 2:18

Whoo Hoo...
Also as I told Jeremy yesterday and today... I feel the same today as I felt on my first half marathon. But my body is used to doing half marathons now so I don't feel bad after them. The second half marathon was so much easier to do because I knew what to expect. I think my next full Marathon will be easier too, but pain is normal after those long miles.
The weather was not in our favor yesterday, my teammate Kim struggled, I struggled, and Coach Paul Struggled! But we FINISHED!!

More details will follow when my brain starts functioning normal!

Look for it tomorrow… I have high hopes for normal brain waves then!