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I woke up at about 5am listening to it pooring rain. I started praying so hard that it would stop. I love the rain, it's one of my most favorite things, but I didn't want to run 13 miles in it. Luckily my prayers were heard -and probably many others since there were about 2000 runners participating in the event. It was cold, I think about 40 degrees which actually to me was quite pleasant.
This was one of my supporters. Sam and Dave came to see me off.
And I was off!

I really enjoyed this course. I felt so good until about mile 10 when my right knee started to hurt.
I wasn't sure what time it was. I told Dave I hoped to be done in about 2 hours and 10 minutes. Any ways I crossed the finish line and was so happy to look up and see 2:00 -2 hours, but where were my adoring fans? They went to find me on the route and got there a few minutes later -Spencer, Ali, Sammy and Dave -and my parents and Katie (she ran the 5k) showed up at about the same time.





I wasn't sure what time it was. I told Dave I hoped to be done in about 2 hours and 10 minutes. Any ways I crossed the finish line and was so happy to look up and see 2:00 -2 hours, but where were my adoring fans? They went to find me on the route and got there a few minutes later -Spencer, Ali, Sammy and Dave -and my parents and Katie (she ran the 5k) showed up at about the same time.
I was so glad I did it, but I was frustrated that my knee was hurting. The next time I ran was the Tuesday after and my knee was feeling better, but by the time I was done, it was hurting again. So I went in and ordered me a new pair of shoes on line and I haven't had any more problems. Lucky for all those runners that I didn't have these shoes for the race -they make me so fast ;o)