I just may have lost my brain but because I have run this race the past 2 years I decided why the heck not and ran it again this year. I love everything Big Peach and I have always liked this race so even though I knew I was not prepared nor would I be on race day I decided to run it just to see how it would go and how I would be able to handle 6.2 miles.
Saturday I had a few errands to run around the Buckhead area and I slipped into Big Peach to pick up my race number and packet. I like having my number and shoe tag before the race so I do not have anything to worry about. Sunday night I got my race outfit and gear ready for the next morning and Monday morning I was up bright and early (after hitting the snooze button about 6 times) to let the dogs out, to grab something quick and easy to eat and then head to Chamblee to run 6.2 long miles. (The past 2 years I lived basically at the starting line, but we moved so I had to drive there this year.)
The race… it went as well as I expected it to and I expected it to be unpleasant. No lie, I woke up with a cramp behind my knee that I just could not shake (I’d like to blame Mulligan and him taking up the whole bed for that one…). I decided to just take the race slow, walk when I needed to walk and run when I could. I lined up on the right side and in the middle of the pack and was off. Mile 1 was good. The hill wasn’t hard (thanks Blast) and Mile 2 went well too (minus the bigger hill that I got 75% up and then took a walk break). Tropical Storm Lee decided to ran on us starting around mile 2 (for me) so needless to say it was a rainy race. I found a good steady groove around mile 3 but with that said I was doing a methodical walk/run and ran more when the song got me going. My body started to hurt around mile 4/mile 4.5 but I was kind of picking people off and passing people which as fine in my book. Mile 5 was the hardest and I was so happy to see the finish line partially because my body hurt and partially because I was wet.
In years past I had complained about water stops not being stocked and that was not the case this year. I think out of the past 3 years I have run it – this year went the smoothest. The post race party/expo thing was kind of a cluster, but I will blame that on the fact that they had to move it underground so it was more crowded than it had been in the past. Truthfully I grabbed my shirt and bolted because the parking deck underground was H-O-T and I needed air and away from stinky runners. The shirts are a bright neon no cars can say they didn’t see me coming orange (worst than traffic cones) but I will still rock it from time to time.
Once again… Big Peach put on a great race. =D
Finishing time: 1:15 Average Pace: 12:03
Congrats on a great race girl!!!! I didn't know you're doing Rock n Roll Savannah! Or maybe I did? We should meet up and maybe get lunch or dinner while we're done there!
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