Last weekend I traveled to Las Vegas with 3 of my girlfriends to run the Rock N Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon with 40,000 of our closest friends!
There is a lot of stress in my life right now and I wasn't even sure the day before the race that I could pull this one off. I had trained for the race, but not as well as I had trained for the race in Seattle in June. My head is always my worst enemy, second guessing myself and getting stuck in all the crap I am emotionally dealing with these days. As most of you know, I am one determined lady! So, the morning of the race I was nervous, but I was going to give it my best shot! It was really cold and windy, but there is something about running down the Las Vegas strip at night with all the lights that is kind of invigorating. I felt pretty good through the first 8 miles, and even where the wheels typically come off at mile 10, I was holding in there. By mile 11, I was really tired, but I knew I was close to the finish. My time was also on track to finish ahead of my Seattle time. I pushed ahead and did indeed finish this 3rd half marathon in my fastest time yet. I am extremely proud of myself that I could accomplish this! Just two and a half years ago, I couldn't run around the block!
It was an amazing weekend with some amazing women! I am truly blessed to call these women my friends! It's just an added bonus that we are all crazy enough to run these races!
