holycrapijustranmorethan9miles

I DID IT.

Honestly, it was more difficult than I anticipated. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m not a morning runner. I run better when I can work off the stress of the day, not when I’m running at the crack of dawn. However, I finished in 1:36:14, which is an average pace of 10:20 for the 9.3-mile race. I’m happy that I was closer to 10 minutes miles than 11, and of course, it was the farthest distance I’ve ever run. I can’t complain.

Me, Kristi and Emilia post-run. In case you were wondering, the bagel was delicious.

Unfortunately, my beloved Sauconys were starting to wear down, and I could feel it in my ankles after last week’s almost-9-miler with Emilia. I’m 90 percent sure there’s going to be a new pair under the Christmas tree for me next Saturday, but even so, I could feel the pressure in my feet and ankles sooner than anticipated during today’s race.

However, 9.3 doesn’t seem too awful in light of the fact that I’m already registered for the Manhattan Half-Marathon. I have no idea what I was thinking signing up before finishing the 15K, but I guess I like having goals and seeing how far I can push myself. I feel like I’ve got a pretty decent base built up, and now I’ve got five weeks to be able to run just four more miles.

And as far as today’s #reverb10 goes…

December 19 – Healing. What healed you this year? Was it sudden, or a drip-by-drip evolution? How would you like to be healed in 2011? (Author: Leonie Allan)

YOGA. Yoga healed me. I vividly remember a class at Atlanta Hot Yoga (still miss those fab instructors!) back in February. I was in downward dog and just cried. Sobbed, almost. I let go of all the negativity that had built up during the past few months. I wouldn’t say I was totally healed after that one class, but it was the main starting point. It took many, many more hot power classes (love love love!) and many, many bottles of wine, but I healed. And I got my life together. (Er … mostly. Ahem.)

I hope there’s nothing in 2011 that causes me to need healing. But without the pain, we’d never feel joy, and I’ve had a year of high highs and low lows. In 2011, I want to run and do headstands and not be afraid to put myself “out there,” socially-speaking.

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