North Vancouver

Hi Laura - Mike and I and my friend Karin (she's run with NSA before and did her third IM this year) just came back from Leavenworth, the little Bavarian town across the border (about four hours from Vancouver in the Cascade Mountains). It was a beautiful fall day, perfect race conditions. Mike ran the half marathon, had a PB with 1:28 and placed first in his age group; Karin and I did well also. We both placed first in our age groups, she was 2nd woman overall with 3:42 and I was fourth woman overall with 3:53. We each won a beer glass and FREE beer! While I had an awesome day and start and ran an 8:15mile the first half I noticed at the beginning of the second loop that I had only drank 6 ounces/1 flask (!!!) of liquid! Needless to say I was in BIG trouble for the second half, needed A LOT of self talk and cried a lot after mile 18 because I was in SOOO much pain! This was my 12th marathon but the first time I made this mistake I think mostly due to the cooler temparature! While I was pushing through the pain I thought of many inspiring runners in the clinic, the people I trained with and most of all I would like to thank NSA for putting up such awesome clinics! I could never have pushed through the pain like this had I not run those cruel Tuesday night workouts with Sami's group :) (and your bootcamps!) And the thing that kept me going most of all was that at that moment I was in immense pain but I knew if I didn't push through it I would regret it for the rest of the day. The moment is all you have in a marathon and you have to make it count!

Perhaps this can be an inspiration for all who will run this coming weekend - and please, please remember to drink your electrolyte drinks!!!

I would recommend the Leavenworth Marathon to everyone - they put up an awesome event in such a little town (and there is a good chance to place!). And thank Tiffany for all those grueling hill training runs as it was a very hilly course!

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