For the past few months, I have been training for a half marathon. About a month ago, the specific one I was planning on doing got cancelled. I was pretty bummed, but decided to create my own Big Baller Ass half marathon.
Yesterday, Mindy and I woke up at 6 a.m. to start getting ready. We planned a route that stayed on Knoxville's greenway. It's a route that we have biked several times before so we were pretty familiar with it. We dropped our car off at the end, drove back home and began.
Lucky for us, it turned out to be a gorgeous day. We both felt great, up until about Mile 6. Mindy got what she thought was just a really severe cramp. She is a trooper though so she kept on going until about Mile 9 when the pain was so bad that she was in tears. Now at this point we were 9 miles from our house and four miles from the car. I left her at mile 9 and sprinted the last 4 miles so I could get to the car and go pick her up.
When I picked her up, she opened the glove box and gave me the Big Baller Ass Half Marathon medal that she had made for me. Then we went to the walk-in clinic where we learned that Mindy had been running with a kidney infection. Mega Ouch. The doctor could not believe she had run 9 miles in that much pain.
We spent the rest of the day doing as little as possible. We have decided to hold another Big Baller Ass Half Marathon soon so we can complete it together.
Now, I am sitting at work icing my poor hip, who still hasn't forgiven me for running so far yesterday.
How was your weekend?
Yesterday, Mindy and I woke up at 6 a.m. to start getting ready. We planned a route that stayed on Knoxville's greenway. It's a route that we have biked several times before so we were pretty familiar with it. We dropped our car off at the end, drove back home and began.
Lucky for us, it turned out to be a gorgeous day. We both felt great, up until about Mile 6. Mindy got what she thought was just a really severe cramp. She is a trooper though so she kept on going until about Mile 9 when the pain was so bad that she was in tears. Now at this point we were 9 miles from our house and four miles from the car. I left her at mile 9 and sprinted the last 4 miles so I could get to the car and go pick her up.
When I picked her up, she opened the glove box and gave me the Big Baller Ass Half Marathon medal that she had made for me. Then we went to the walk-in clinic where we learned that Mindy had been running with a kidney infection. Mega Ouch. The doctor could not believe she had run 9 miles in that much pain.
We spent the rest of the day doing as little as possible. We have decided to hold another Big Baller Ass Half Marathon soon so we can complete it together.
Now, I am sitting at work icing my poor hip, who still hasn't forgiven me for running so far yesterday.
How was your weekend?