The Brooklyn Marathon — SEENICRUN

So, what occurred with the race? UGH! I do not know…I've an concept. First, I’m amazed my total time was a 2:01:11 with a 9 min/mile. My quickest half is round 1:43-1:48. I do know, I do know, some individuals would like to run a 2:01 however I educated for this and I wished it to be spectacular!

What had occurred was, I didn’t get sufficient sleep and I used to be dehydrated. I did all the correct issues earlier than the race however not sufficient as a result of journey. It was laborious to go to sleep the night time earlier than. I used to be nervous and uncomfortable in my non permanent environment. I used to be up at 4am to be on the race by 5:30am. That’s 1am Cali time. With all of the liquid I WAS ingesting, I went to the toilet like 2 or 3 occasions, however proper earlier than the race began, I needed to go AGAIN and by then it was too late. The traces had been too lengthy.

The primary couple of miles had been wonderful! There have been SO MANY runners the streets began to look small and slender. We had been stumbling over one another looking for our tempo, making a few of the locals mad as a result of we had been EVERYWHERE however native store homeowners and employees had been slowly popping out cheering for us and that was fairly cool!

As soon as I hit mile 4 or 5, there was a gaggle of younger black women wearing white uniforms. I believe they had been a cheer and dance squad. They seemed to be round 12 to 14 years previous and so they had been attractive! All of us locked eyes and so they began cheering for me and I cheered again at them. As I handed, one of many women noticed my RUN4BREONNA bib on the again of my t-shirt and screamed “She’s running for Breonna Taylor!”. Then they actually began cheering and screaming! I waved again at them with a smile. That was a really cool second!

At mile 6, I FOUND A JOHNNY-ON-THE-NASTY-SPOT! I used to be so excited! I took care of enterprise and thought, now I’m able to RUNNNN!

As I handed the Barclay’s Middle, my legs had one other concept. I may really feel the lactic acid begin to take impact. UGH! I felt like I used to be operating in sluggish movement and everybody was zipping previous me! I couldn’t change gears and I out of the blue turned very dehydrated! I used to be ingesting water and tried to stroll it out however nothing was working. Once I hit mile 8, it was ALL UPHILL! I did what I may however as soon as I hit mile 9 and 10, I needed to stroll an excellent chunk of the route. I used to be so disenchanted in myself so I began to concentrate on the wonderful crowd of individuals and I’m glad I did. They had been so supportive and I used to be capable of end the race.

After the race, I walked the plaza for some time and later again to my room. I finished and loved donut holes, a NY city bagel and scorching espresso. My toe nails felt like they had been popping off and my beautiful navy blue HOKAs felt 2 sizes too small however I made it and I completed my first New York HALF Marathon. WHERE BROOKLYN AT? WHERE BROOKLYN AT?

…after which my mates, she fell right into a deep, coma-like sleep for like 5 hours!