A Tale of Two Loves
From the monthly archives:
Rob took these pictures after the race started (and then he proceeded to drive 3 hours through the backwoods just to be able to see me at mile 18). We were so lucky to have gorgeous weather on Saturday. The day before the race was filled with a crazy rain storm and the day after [...]
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It depends on the day. The first day, my quads were pretty sore, but I think I still had the post-race high to mask the real pain. The first night, my entire legs hurt like never before. Even small, normal adjustments in my sleep woke me up. The day after the race, my quads hurt [...]
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While my sweet potato was in the microwave, I painted my nails this lovely color, and also grabbed some carrots to munch on. When it was all spread out before me, I realized how funny it looked. And as I’m typing this, I just realized I also have a on a deep orange shirt. Wow.
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And we’re off! This is at mile 18 or so. Rajesh’s son, Kiran, ran towards us and then ran for about a mile or so with us. And apparently we didn’t notice the car behind us since we were so excited to see the friendly faces of Rob and Stephanie (Rajesh’s wife). Almost there!!
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Hug the mommy who flew across the country to see me. (with icky dripping wet sweaty hair – hey, I just ran 26.2 miles – it’s totally acceptable) I had no idea she was coming (no one did actually, besides my dad). I saw her at about mile 25.5 and felt like I was crying [...]
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Heading out the door! So nervous and so excited! Hydration. Check. Lucky green ribbon. Check. Good friends. Check. Todd, Fiona, John, me, Rajesh, and Sarah. Both Fiona and Sarah qualified for Boston! They started the race with a prayer just before the gun went off.
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