Sarah took off about 2 miles from the finish and I fell behind, so I was super surprised to find her walking about half a mile from the finish. When I realized that she was helping a fellow teammate who was having trouble I stopped and helped too. Our mentor ran ahead to get her car and drive our teammate the rest of the way back. While I kept wanting to keep running and finish, I realized that this moment was what team in training was really about. It is about being there for each other and working together as a team. After we got our teammate into our mentor's car, Sarah and I took off at a fast pace for the last quarter of a mile. It felt good at the end to just race like that.
On the way home I swung by Walmart to pick up a bag of ice for my first ice bath. That's right, you read me right, I said ice bath. I got out my laundry basket, filled it with cold water and then poured in the bag of ice and then myself. I called my sister first to have someone take my mind off how cold I was, but she didn't answer. After a few other calls I get a hold of my mother who is with my sister. Instead of getting support and a nice conversation through the serious cold, I got screamed at. I had called to get talked through it and instead they spent the whole time trying to talk me out of it. I was very frustrated. But in the end, the ice bath really helped because normally I am really sore the next morning, but I wasn't really sore at all this morning.
I am really proud of yesterday's run and I know I can conquer this marathon. I am starting to get super excited. We will see what I am saying after the 20 mile run. Keep following along and telling others! Please continue helping me raise money to fight blood cancers.
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