PEAR BLOSSOM 2011!!!

This was it! An exact year of racing marked by the Pear Blossom 10-mile race today! So I may not be the fastest runner in this race, but I'll be honest! I kicked ass today! lol! All those early mornings and crappy weather made me tougher and I took on the Pear with a vengence! I was secretly hoping for 1:30 which is 9min/mile pace over 10miles. I hadn't sustained that pace that far yet. Well I came in at 1:30:29!!! 9:03min/mile pace!!! My half marathon pace in October was 9:26min/mile so for me this is a huge leap!!! The beginning was tough because so many people passed me! I had to keep telling myself that it would pay off later to pace myself and that a lot of these people would hit a wall for starting too fast!

I wouldn't have changed a thing I did in this race because I felt amazing! I tried to keep the 9:20 pace and went a lil faster due to adrenaline. I attacked the hills with a lil T-Pain blasting in my earbuds and took advantage of the declines. And raced a chick like hell at the end cuz there was no way I was going to let her beat me! hahaha! I think I figured out how to "reel in" a runner! I sped up, then she sped up and somewhere from deep within, my competitive spirit burst wide open! My sprint at the end was at a 5:47min/mile pace! Think I beat her by one shoe length!!! Can't wait to see what is next! Once I realized a 1:30 time was in sight, I gave everything, and I do mean everything!!! Cuz I feel it today!

Celebrated with a bacon cheeseburger at Red Robin!!!! I burned 1200 calories during the race and have every intention of getting those back! Saw a shirt during the race that said, "I run because I love to eat!" Enough said!

"Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about." - PattiSue Plummer, U.S. Olympian