Skunk Cabbage Recap

Hi! I'm still alive. I just didn't post anything, because well I didn't run since the Skunk Cabbage, and I was busy getting my video together for Nuun's Hood to Coast Relay Team! That's right, I decided to send in my application for HTC, and actually managed to shoot and edit a video for it.

But yeah, so here's my very late race recap for the Skunk Cabbage in a nutshell.

The Awesome:

I met two bloggers, Jenny and Jamie, and their husbands P and Mike, respectively. (This was actually my third time meeting Jamie). They were everything that I expected from reading their blog and more. The meet up was fun!

Because it didn't happen unless there's a picture to prove it. Courtesy of Jamie. 

I felt great during the entire run except for my hip pain came back again. But other than the fact that my whole left side of my body was going to hell, I felt fantastic. Surprisingly, not having a Garmin made the run go by so much faster.

The Bad:

After mile 1, my hip started hurting. I seriously considered dropping out, but I just lowered my speed and kept on going. (Probably a bad idea). The whole time, I was thinking about how good compression shorts would feel on my hip. At one point, I really wanted to punch a fellow runner out so that I could steal her shorts. I know, I am a terrible person when I'm not feeling well. But let's just focus on how I didn't do that and just ran in my own pants. 

The result:

I finished in 2:04:13, which was a lot better than I expected. 

Stefan (bf) finished his first ever half in 2:24:55, and didn't walk once. 

Everyone else, Jamie, Mike, and Jenny PR'd! I'm not sure about P. I think he usually runs faster. 

Even though my marathon is rapidly approaching, I decided to take a complete break this week from running. I figured better under-trained than majorly injured. The only form of exercise I got was running to class.

Sorry for this somewhat of a boring post. I just didn't feel right writing no recap at all. So here's a short one, and tomorrow it's back to regular posting! I hope you guys's week have been great! Now I'm off to catch up on blog reading! Oh and feel free to tell me what you think about my application video!


Here's more T-Rex Problem.

My marathon training is derailed, but at least I can hug other dinosaurs or humans.