Saturday, January 26, 2019
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Houston Half Marathon
• Houston puts on a great race. There were thousands of volunteers and they all were encouraging and smiling even though they were cold. I love how many people come out and cheer. I high-fived many strangers. There were some great signs (including one that told me to rub JJ Watt's abs for power! and the solar system people)
• I love running seeing so many friends at the expo and on the course. I especially loved hanging out in the starting corral with one of my oldest and awesomest friends, Meredith.
• Having a personal cheering section out on the course makes a huge difference. Bruce told me he would be around mile 9 and as soon as I saw him my spirit lifted up and I ran faster. He made me a big sign that said “Go Bonnie!” with a little bear wearing a Texas A&M hat. Then, he was around mile 13 just before the finish line. Maren was volunteering at the finish line and got to give me my finisher's medal and that was pretty cool.
• I thought it was going to be freezing, but the weather ended up being perfect.
• I missed my goal by 9 minutes. This is not how I planned for the race to turn out. It’s not my worst race, but definitely not my best. I’ve trained hard and smart for this, and my best explanation is that it was an off day. My body crashed around mile 8. My HR went up and my pace slowed down and I needed more walking breaks. My back was hurting. I could feel a migraine coming on around mile 10. After I finished, I felt like I’d been hit by a truck and could hardly move. (Compare this to last weekend when I cycled 30 miles on Saturday morning and ran 10 miles on Sunday morning and bounced back to my normal day like nothing happened) I know that I have a better race in me, so I’m a bit disappointed by my time, but I still crossed the finish line and that is good.
• It's crazy how seeing the finish line can motivate me to run faster. I was in so much pain, but I ran that last mile in and it was solid. As soon as I could see the GRB I wanted to finish. My last mile was one of my fastest miles. Mental toughness is definitely a huge part of endurance running.
• I need new running shoes. I just got these, and they are the same as the ones I’ve run in for years, but this year’s model has changed and I’m getting heal slippage and blisters in places I’ve never had blisters.
• I love running seeing so many friends at the expo and on the course. I especially loved hanging out in the starting corral with one of my oldest and awesomest friends, Meredith.
• Having a personal cheering section out on the course makes a huge difference. Bruce told me he would be around mile 9 and as soon as I saw him my spirit lifted up and I ran faster. He made me a big sign that said “Go Bonnie!” with a little bear wearing a Texas A&M hat. Then, he was around mile 13 just before the finish line. Maren was volunteering at the finish line and got to give me my finisher's medal and that was pretty cool.
• I thought it was going to be freezing, but the weather ended up being perfect.
• I missed my goal by 9 minutes. This is not how I planned for the race to turn out. It’s not my worst race, but definitely not my best. I’ve trained hard and smart for this, and my best explanation is that it was an off day. My body crashed around mile 8. My HR went up and my pace slowed down and I needed more walking breaks. My back was hurting. I could feel a migraine coming on around mile 10. After I finished, I felt like I’d been hit by a truck and could hardly move. (Compare this to last weekend when I cycled 30 miles on Saturday morning and ran 10 miles on Sunday morning and bounced back to my normal day like nothing happened) I know that I have a better race in me, so I’m a bit disappointed by my time, but I still crossed the finish line and that is good.
• It's crazy how seeing the finish line can motivate me to run faster. I was in so much pain, but I ran that last mile in and it was solid. As soon as I could see the GRB I wanted to finish. My last mile was one of my fastest miles. Mental toughness is definitely a huge part of endurance running.
• I need new running shoes. I just got these, and they are the same as the ones I’ve run in for years, but this year’s model has changed and I’m getting heal slippage and blisters in places I’ve never had blisters.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Pattison Cycling
My second ride with the SLB club.
I also enjoyed this ride because Bruce was out in the area on his motorcycle and I saw him twice. We me up at our favorite place for breakfast after - Mamie's Kitchen. Yumm!
Saturday, January 5, 2019
First MS150 training ride with SCC
I have a brand new garmin 735xt that I got for Christmas, and I couldn't figure out how to change it to bike mode. I played with it for 15 minutes before it was time to roll out. So I rode in run mode.
I changed the file to run mode when I downloaded it, or else I would have the worlds fastest marathon. HA!
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