Heart and Sole

This weekend I did the all women's Heart and Sole 5 miler. I had been preparing for this race for several weeks now. I didn't know who was going to show up or what my time was going to be. I was nervous all week long and by Friday was ready to get it over with. Ben's parents came to watch, which was super sweet of them. Ben brought the girls down; several of the running crew came, so needless to say I had wonderful support!!!

When we were lining up to start the race I could tell there was some competition. The first mile there were four of us that were right there together. I heard Jack McKenzie, from WIS, yelling out our times and mine was 5:56. I immediately thought to myself, "Oh crap, I'm going to fast". Shortly after that I could see some of the running crew and then I could hear ME, Ben, G, and the Riddles yelling for me, which of course only made me want to go faster!! About this time the two fast girls had gotten away, I could still see the 3rd girl. Then came Gervais, which is a super long hill, and that's when I lost her. At this point there was nobody even close to me. I ran the last few miles and ended up getting 4th. I walked away with $200, no sure if the "booty" shorts helped, but hopefully I didn’t' scare to many people (luckily the race was all women). At the end of the race they give everyone a rose and the best part, chocolate covered strawberries!!!

After the race, we headed to North Augusta to get Ben's new bike. Saturday we just played outside all day, since it was so nice. Sunday I have went for my longest bike ride ever. It was a fun course, nice day, and great company. It was Ben, Mr. Riddle, and two guys that they ride with. They of course slowed down for me, but I did my best to keep up. We ended up doing 55 miles, which now that it's over I'm really glad we did. We will see what is store for this week and next weekend.