I Know What It Feels Like

Here is what it looks like when you are just seconds form being swept. And it felt like forever. I was so worried in this picture. See the official with the orange flag?? That is the dreaded orange flag you here about. And the one next to E is an Medic, asking him if he is ok. And the lady in front of us, that is the one who collapsed.Very scary.


I now know what is like to make you time you say your going to do and do it. I know what it feels like that I am running in fear. Everytime I saw them, all the hard work and hours we put in to doing that race would come rushing to me. At the same time I knew if I just stopped and said I am done E would have been off the hook,he was in so much pain. But the little voice in the back of my head kept telling me, you can do this. I plan on doing the marathon in 2011. It will be just me. I will not have to worry about E. I will just have to worry about staying ahead of that guy right there with that orange flag.{E just wanted to rip it into shreds!!}


Here I am telling Amanda, Jeff, His Mom, Trace and Lisa I think we are going to get swept. Jeff just kept yelling,"Just keep going you can make it" The fear of not finishing was right there in my face. E was feeling guilty cause he was holding me back. I told him,I would not have wanted this race to play out any different than it did. It was one adventure I will never forget, and never get tired of telling.

Today I started training again. I qwent to the gym and did this:
bike hill intervals
30 minutes
started level 12, first 15 minutes, level 7 for the last 15 minutes. I have to work back up to my normal. I guess that long road race took a toll.
10,48 miles,211 calories burned.
elliptical 30 minutes
cross training program 1
2.0 miles, 246 calories burned
stairs: 15 minutes, all the knees will let me do.
level 3, .53 mile
87 calories burned. I can't do alot of stairs. Knees hate it. But I do them. and level 3 is as fast as I can go without pain.
Here shortly I will go run 4 miles. It id just beautiful outside today.
Calories today 1600. { I am always hungry}

My Running to Disney update puts me out in the middle of the everglades,28.2 miles. I will update my map later. I have not weighed myself this week. This was my off week. I was off from everything. I ate what I wanted when I wanted. I did nothing. That was the hardest thing to do. Was to do nothing. So I will weigh in this coming Saturday.

Amanda thanks for the Pictures they sure say alot. See my count down clock!!! Holy Cats!!! It's counting down fast as you know what.