DOUBLE DIGIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want to welcome MYSELF to the double digit club!  That's right people I ran 10 miles today and I could not be more pleased with dear old ME!

Ok enough with the lovefest, I am already nauseated.  You have to understand,  a year ago I was trying to prepare for my first race; The Susan G Komen Race for the Cure a 5k.  At the time I could not run 2 miles without walking.  Running 10 miles was not something I thought I would ever do.  NOT A CHANCE.  Well here I am.  I am not going to lie, it was hard.  Mile 7 was hell.  I tried a different kind of gel...does not work.  Water is even hard for me to take.  I get really bad side pain that takes forever to pass.  At mile 9 I was in a lot of pain, I had to walk.  I know I will have to drink, or I will get really dizzy and I would not want to pass out.  I am wondering if I should take a salt pill...if yes when? Before the race or during?  If you have experience with those I am looking for advices.
I iced my legs when I got home I hope I can walk ok tomorrow!!!

I know I can do the half.  I could have at least walk 3 more miles so I know I will finish and for the first one that is the goal.

I have made some decisions

You are not invited to my Half Marathon:

The belt because I don't like you bouncing on my back and also because you push on my belly and are not helping anything stomach related.  ITouch: well you and Nike+ are liars and also because you need a new battery and I need music for more then 2 hours.

You are invited to my Half Marathon:

You because I need music and you are tiny and you will last over 2 hours.

You because you are the perfect socks (Nike Livestrong running sock) and compression Nike Pro shorts because you stay in place and well...I am pretty sure I would not like that chaffing thing so you are in!

You 3  because I know I could never do this without you.  Best supporting crew ever! Also because I will need you to hand me some water as I pass by you and maybe a granola bar or a piece of banana.  And a lot of "Let's go mommy!" " You got this"  "Don't give up".

 Today I ran 10 miles.  Just had to type that again.

I saw 4 movies this weekend

Social Network, The kids are all right, Inception and Blue Valentine.

Social Network: Good not as excellent as they say.  Justin T.  Excellent in it though. B+
The kids are all right: Excellent! Loved it! Love Annette Bennings. A+
Inception: not for me, I gave up after less then 30 min.
Blue Valentine: Excellent.  Very sad, broke my heart.  Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are great in it.  Highly recommend.  A+

Off to watch the Golden Globes!

7937

7937: That is me.

That is my bib number for my first Half Marathon.
Two lucky 7 in it...that is not bad even though I don't believe in luck especially when sports is concern...it's the work that matters, the effort.

Today is rest day...I don't like rest days.  I feel weird, tired, and that I am cheating my training plan.  I know I need to rest.  I think too much on rest days...I think about my long run on Sunday, my first double digit run ever...10 miles.  I went and drove the course that I will take.  It will take me to the next town!  I have bought a different kind of gel to try, Clif shots energy gel, I know I cannot take the block ones..that does not go down easy enough for me.  If that does not work then I will rely on water only or take a granola bar with me.

I have to decide if I take my belt or not.  I am thinking of taking it and giving it to Bill when I see them around mile 6.  I also have to decide what to wear, the temperature is warming up already, 76 degrees right now.  The race is by the ocean so it will be around 50-55 degrees at the start and  60-65 at the finish.  In the packet info they asked that we don't discard clothing along the course. 

See rest day = not good for my head! I think too much!!!
Got to figure out what to do at basketball practice today.  Those boys have a really short attention span!!!

Every year I watch the Oscars and I participate in a friendly pool so in order to get ready for this I rented 3 movies for the weekend

Social Network
Inception
The kids are alright

Did you see them?