RC Cola and Moon Pie 10 Miler

I hadn't been training a lot and we planned to do a lot of walking, so this really wasn't a race for time. Definitely a race to see if I could even finish! This was by far the longest race I've done other than the one half marathon I did with mom. The course was rolling hills through pasture with one big hill at the end of mile 4. The heat was ridiculous and we got completely baked the whole time. It was pretty rough. MC is in training with a couple friends and had a training run scheduled for that day so we started off keeping her schedule. So for the first 6 miles we alternated running for 4 minutes and walking for 1. The heat made it kinda brutal, but I was surprised how well my body held up and was stoked that my calf didn't bother me. After we completed her 6 miler, we walked mile 7, then mostly walked with some mixed in jogging for the rest of it. MC developed a harsh side stitch and my calf was hurting (but in a different place) and it was only getting hotter so we just did our best to not finish completely last :-) Our time wasn't stellar, but I want to see what our 5 mile split looked like and I'm honestly just glad to have finished without injury. Maybe I should be better about the whole "training" thing. ;-) MC and I had the same times: 5 mile split - 57:11 total time - 2:13:18