I went to San Francisco on Oct 19 & came home the 22nd. I walked quite a bit of the mini but did run down the two main hills & the last mile. When walking uphill I did pass most of my co-participants. It was an amazing feeling. The weather was perfect & scenery was amazing. I did the touristy picture taking while I was there including during my mini marathon.
It was an amazing feeling crossing the finish line! I want to definitely do it again.
Fortunately, I didn't hurt until after I crossed the finishing line...I had a sore knee prior to starting from almost falling a couple nights before...& it started hurting before I started But a ways in I completely forgot about it, Until I was done...& I will reintegrate Thank Goodness it held off until I was done!
But, after I crossed the finish line some handsome men handed me my Tiffany's necklace. (I've never worked so hard for a piece of jewelry) & then I got a big sash thing & my Nike finishers t-shirt. I ate food...I mean I inhaled food, especially bananas. At some point I checked in with Team in Training...in the middle of inhaling food. Received a finishers pin from TNT...& proceeded to wait in line for my 15min massage.
Oh, that massage was well worth the wait...15min of HEAVEN! The masseuse worked out a huge knot in my calf...I was very thankful for that massage & I believe I didn't hurt as much later because of that massage, because I'm telling you, even though I was supposed to stretch afterwards my muscles did NOT want to listen & function as I wanted.
We rode back to our Hotel on a bus...I ate more food...Falafel (OH my...that was AMAZING!...talk about a mouth orgasm)
Then I called the boys & talked with them for a little bit...& promptly fell asleep for a long nap...Later, that evening my roomie & I headed over to the post-marathon Celebration. Where there was food, I wasn't as hungry then so I only had a few bites here & there. But, we danced.
Now if any of you have ever done an endurance event, you might be able to imagine how we danced...all stiff & barely able to move! After a while of rigidly moving the body, somewhat of a jerky spasm (if you know me, you may know that I am differently able to dance But this was a whole new experience)...All of us that were attempting to dance, our muscles did loosen up & we were able to freely move again. It was a miracle!
Having a massage & then dancing later really made recover much quicker...I did not really hurt much the next day...Just exhausted!
Well & Jet Lagged when I got home!
As for Donations, Thank you to all that donated! I also donated (sponsored myself) so I could participate in my mini-vacation that I happened to walk/run a half marathon.
