16 1/2 miles

What a weekend! Yesterday was the 23 mile run for the training group however since I have only done 13 miles up to this point I only went as far as I could without over doing it.

We started at 6am! It was a dark and COLD morning as we all met up in Griffith Park. It definitely took a while to warm up.

Lucky for me 2 of my friends from the Sat group walked with me the entire time! We had so much fun talking and walking. We walked from Griffith Park to Glendale to Burbank back to Griffith Park and through it (up the mountain) to the Hollywood side and back... then through Burbank again. You can say we walked a good portion of LA. LOL:)

Ian stopped at mile 13 due to back issues so me and Triana continued on. Other than a little fatigue after 5 hours and some muscle soreness I felt great. Nothing out of the ordinary and my sacrum was totally fine, thanks to not having the pounding of the pavement from running.

I stopped at mile 16 and 1/2 although I could have kept going. I didn't want to push it too much considering we are so close to the race now. ONLY 3 WEEKS AWAY! :) So me and Triana toasted with the most delicious snack ever on a long run like this (Ritz cracker, peanut butter and pickle) and then she caught up to another group and finished the 23 miles and I got a ride back with a couple others that stopped as well.

When we got back to the site they had an isle with balloons on each side that we had to run down so that we could go through the tape! (finish line) After we ran through they gave us APLA Medals for training with them this year! I'll be honest... I almost cried. But I kept my cool :)

After I got my medal I went to the pasta buffet they had set out for all of us to eat. I made a delicious plate of food and headed for the ice pools. They had baby pools filled with ice water that we could put our feet in. We took our shoes off, and put our feet in plastic baggies and dipped them in the ice. I have to say this was a much easier way to get into a pool of ice. So we all discussed how we could make it easier to submerge our entire bodies when we are at home. The conclusion...giant garbage bags! LOL And you better believe I am going to try it!

When I got home Davy had Epsom salt, Gatorade and bags of ice waiting for me to use at my leisure. Thank you so much for all your support baby! I took a shower and we ordered pizza and watched Modern Family. Then I took the longest nap ever...6 hours! I woke up at 10pm and when I did my body ached like you wouldn't believe! Behind my right knee and my left hip are the most sore so I iced again and Davy rubbed me a little bit. I went back to sleep around midnight and woke up this morning at 7am. I'm still pretty sore so I soaked in an Epsom Salt bath and self massaged my legs and hips. It helped a little.

Soon I have to go to work so I think IB Profen will be my new best friend today :)

But all in all... I can say I am not as scared of the 26.2 miles today as I was all last week.

I can do this and I can't wait! Honolulu, I will see you very soon! :)