Now the story you all have been waiting so patiently for!
Jeremy won... yep I got beat by him... fair and square! As I said in previous posts... if I beat my own past record time of 2:18 I would be happy and if I beat him too... that would be icing on the cake! I am very pleased with my new record of 2:01... who needs icing anyway, lol!
With my help, Jeremy beat me! He did say I was hard to beat and he couldn't have done this without me...
The morning of the race we made it to Disney at 4:30am and they let everyone get into their corrals around 5:15am. The race was awesome... as always Disney out does any race I have been too. Mickey and Minny had their running gear on... they don't run but they sure looked cute. The monorail stopped on West St. with all of Mickey's friends sticking their heads out and waving at all of us as we started the race... 14,000 of us out their. The well organized race had three waves and each had their own start time. I was in the first wave at 6am and Jeremy was in the second wave at 6:10am.
Off I went before him... in order to beat him I had to finish at least 10 minutes faster than him... although are start times are different the race is based on when your foot crosses the first pad at the starting line and ends when your foot crosses the finish line (aka: chip time).
Speaking for Jeremy... he did great the first half of the race. He started to feel as if he couldn't finish at about mile 7! I gave him Sport Beans by Jelly Belly with Caffeine in them and a shot blok... these things help supply the things you lose in an endurance event... like salt, electrolytes, etc. So at mile 7 he began with a shot blok and it did nothing for him... then from their to the finish line he would pop a sport bean at every mile... that got him to the finish line in 1:56!
I did finish the race first but my time was 2:01! This means although he started later than me he was able to make up 5 minutes... and if I was 5 minutes slower he would have passed me or we could have finished together!
I didn't know where he was on the course or how he was doing. I did know that he hadn't passed me, because I kept a good look out for him. I was in front of the 2:00 pace group... that help people finish at that time. I ran with them when they caught up to me for a few miles and then they ran past me around mile 10 but where in my visual the rest of the race unless their was a turn ahead. I high five'd a bunch of people throughout the course (Girl Scouts, Cheerleaders, High School bands, spectators, Police officers... you name it they got a high five)! I always appreciate the cheering at a race... it keeps me up to speed!
When I finished... I felt pretty good! I was pooped but good! I never ran so fast in my life for that long and it took alot out of me! I had a chance to eat a banana real quick and hit the port-a-potty! When I was done and walking back to the finishing location... their he was... more pooped than me but with a few minutes that had passed... I knew I was finished and that Jeremy won! I was hoping for some miraculous chance that I was the winner but soon it was confirmed online!
It was funny because we both had our cell phones on us to find each other and we never needed it! It was easy for us to spot each other after the race and we were together from their on out! Then when we went to the finishing stretch of the race to cheer others on... Gwynne's hubby Joe... was leaving the restroom as I was walking to the woman's restroom! Joe and Jeremy talked... we ended up running into him without the need of our cell phone yet again! Gwynne would text Joe on her mile marker every time she passed one. When we saw Joe... she was at mile 10! We did see her finish and I high five'd her too! She Rocked at 6 mos pregnant with a time of 3:19!
We also ran into our Team in Training friends Suhkraj, Diana, Paul, Dennis, and Shari! It was a blast.
Later that evening Jeremy and I were getting sorer by the minute... and I had to bowl for my league! The first game I did well but we lost by 23 pins... after that my games went down hill... I was tired and I think even today I am still recouping from lack of sleep on my 3 day weekend! We won the second game and lost the rest so we are out of playoffs! No trophy for us but their is always next season, right! I believe we are keeping our name... "Streaking Strikers" and the next league begins on 9/21!
The next day we were pretty sore... I bounced back by Tuesday and Jeremy bounced back by Wednesday. He and I are registered to run two 10K's by the end of the year:
- Turkey Trot... Thanksgiving Day in Long Beach
- Make Room for Santa... Dec. 14th in Irvine
I plan on running with him until he passes me :) I have come to realize that he will be faster than me but I hope to one day beat him! I think the 6'2" Jeremy and me at 5'2" is like watching a chihuahua and a golden retriever run together!
I hope this made sense to you guys!
:::Hugs:::
Melissa
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