Lake Placid Half Marathon

Today was the Lake Placid Half Marathon. I finished in 2 hours 25 min and 31 sec which isn't bad since I had to take a week off with knee pain and I was not feeling very well. My throat was killing me when I woke up yesterday and it was accompanied by a stuffy head this morning. I took Advil and Sudafed and left for the race. The problem was that on the way to the race my stomach started to get really upset. We made our way to the start and took off in really nice weather. The first hill was my test for the knee and it passed! Yippie!!! I did realize fairly quickly that it was humid which made it feel much hotter than it actually was. I didn't know what to expect today since I had run a max of 2 miles on a track this past week and hadn't hit over 11 miles in probably 4 weeks because of my sinus infection and the injury. I did well for the lack of running - I am not in the best run shape but I am in great bike shape and it is shocking how much biking helps with running (the opposite is not true though, running doesn't help with biking). The run went by really quickly and I felt pretty good for the training that I had. I did have an upset stomach the entire time and felt like I was going to puke but it wasn't the end of my world. I didn't PR (which I had planned on doing before the injury) but I was only off by about 2 minutes which isn't bad. Nice day for a run and I was happy with my performance. We had planned on swimming after the run but both Joe and my stomachs were very unhappy and we didn't want to be in the middle of the lake with stomach issues. Hopefully this week we will get in an open water swim and then get in Mirror Lake next weekend (weather permitting).

The afternoon consisted of a thunderstorm and then planting my garden. Wish me luck! I really want to have fresh vegetables this summer! I really want to have a green thumb when it comes to growing vegetables but so far (3 gardens) I have not had great success. I think this is my year! I got 11 cubic feet of soil (garden soil, light top soil, and some kind of special garden soil) and I had seedlings that I put in the ground. This is the year! I just know it.