October 12th, 2014

 john and pascale were doing the 20mi bike tour
diana and i ran the marathon
and bernice was running the 5k

 i didn't finish as well as i had hoped for, but did finish under 5hrs, which i am happy about.
can you believe that i forgot (of all days!) to take the estroven this morning
and to make it worse, as i was taking my ibuprofen before leaving, i thought to myself, "isn't there something else i should be taking!?  hmm.  guess not.  i think this is all there is..."
boo.
i didn't remember that i forgot it until we were out of the car and walking to the start line.
then i started to go into panic mode.
tried to just put it out of my mind...what could i do?!
but about mile 2, i was already boiling...
i texted my friend from work, steph, who was going to be at mile 8.  i asked if there was any chance she could get me some.  she knows about my overheating/hot flashes...we've talked about it (i went with her and another friend to the conquer the bridge 5.3mi run in san pedro before school started)
and she got it!!
what a lifesaver.
but i think a lot of the damage had been done...i think i tried too hard the first half to make sure i could make it there, and was super-tired the second half of the marathon.
i did NOT walk, but i might as well have...maybe would've even done better had i taken it easy.  who knows?!
here are the results: