Halloween Races

Last year for Halloween Mike ran in the Spinx half marathon and he set a goal to run 5 half marathons in 2015 and one of them was the Spinx in Greenville, SC. A few weeks ago I decided that I would run the 10K while he did the half marathon. I had never run that distance so I was pretty nervous and Mike was nervous cause training for this one has been difficult and sporadic. The good part was that we had good weather for the race and my mom was able to come visit for the weekend and watch Daniel during the race so neither of us had to push him in the stroller!


The race this year happened to be on Halloween morning. Mike's race started at 7:50am and mine was at 8:15. We were a little chilly before the race started but I figured we'd warm up as we started running.

I started off feeling pretty good. The course had more hills than I was expecting but I got pretty good at walking up the hills and running down them. I think I started a little faster than I should have because I had to walk more in the second half than I would have liked since my legs really started to hurt. Luckily I didn't have any cramping just pain in my legs and I had to go to the bathroom for the last 2 miles which is no fun. It got a little warm at about the halfway point but all I had to do was walk and I cooled down. The end of the race is pretty cool. You end by running into a baseball stadium and around the field to home plate which is the finish line and they call your name as you run in the stadium. I finished in 1hr 17 minutes! My goal was an hour and a half so I was really happy!

Mike had a little bit of a hard time. He's been sick and also had to take 2 weeks off from training while we were on vacation. His biggest problem though was that the race advertised that they would have gatorade at the aid stations which he is used to but they didn't. So at mile 10 he hit a wall. He was doing a 7 minute mile for the first 9 but miles 10 to 13 were 10 to 12 minutes each which really pulled his time down. He was really hurting when he was done but I'm proud of him! He did great! Finishing in 1 hr 52 minutes is not bad at all!

 Dan had fun hanging out with grandma during the race!

We took our customary after race pictures with Dan once we got home!

It was a pretty good race but I'm not sure if I'll do another 10K but if I do I will definitely train more. I didn't do any training for this. I hope Mike is ready for his next race in December.