We just got back from Arizona after running in the Phoenix half marathon. When Rob and I signed up for it my feet hurt but I decided to run it anyway. Then I became pregnant and that was another obstacle. The most I had run was 11 miles to train for it. At the end of the 11 miles my knees starting hurting (something i've never dealt with before). So for the run I decided to wear knees bands on my knees to help me get through it. So having Plantar Fasciitis in both feet, bad knees, tired from pregnancy and feeling nauseated I decided to run it anyway. (worst decision ever!) After the first 5 miles I turned to Meghan and told her I didn't know if I could run anymore because my knees started hurting. We saw our kids at mile 9 and that motivated me to go a little further but at mile 10 1/2 I used her phone to call her husband to come pick me up because my knees hurt so bad! only 2 1/2 miles to go and I had to stop...how annoying is that!!! We were running 8 minute miles too!
I was so proud of Rob, he ran it in exactly 2 hours, which was his goal!! After the run we signed our kids up for a fun run with all of their cousins. It was so cute. Afterwards they were giving away free popcorn, cotton candy and they could play on the blow up toys behind them in the picture.
We went swimming after the run where I spent most of my time in the hot tub and taking a nap. It was so relaxing and the kids had such a great time with all of their cousins. The adults were able to go out that night at a place called Grimaldi's. (Best pizza place EVER!)
It ended up being a really fun weekend, but the best decision probably would have been to not run the half marathon at all! :)
4 comments:
Sooo fun....but I seriously can not walk!
Oh liz that is terrible about your knees. It is still amazing that you ran so much with all that your body is going through. I am impressed!
such a bummer! hopefully the knee thing will go away once you aren't pregnant anymore. then you can revisit the 1/2 and kill it!
Lizzy how annoying!!! That seriously stinks, especially after training so hard. I am running a half in June! Definitely not as fast as you though haha. I am trying to convince Michael to do it with me. Anyway...glad you had fun! Miss you!
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