I did it! The last long run...20 miles

Of course I couldn't sleep last night because I knew I had to get up early to do this 20 miler. And when I finally did get to sleep, I was awoken by the doorbell. My husband had locked my son out of the house! I wanted to smack my husband, but he was snoring away beside me...grr!

Anyhow, I got up at 6 to start the process: eating oatmeal, stretching, body glide, heart rate montitor, garmin, ipod, etc! It is a process! I finally got out of the house @ 6:30. My hip was bothering me, so I knew I was out of alignment. Well what could I do at this point but just go. I knew there would be consequences (there were).

It was raining pretty hard and was pretty cold so I wore a hat and a jacket. I hate wearing jackets for long runs, hate it! The jacket came off at mile 5 and I had some water and a GU. I tried to think of this run in 5 mile increments, because if you look at the big picture it seems impossible and daunting.

Things went pretty well until about mile 15, the front of my right ankle really started to hurt. I believe it is from me being out of alignment, I could tell that my hips were off, which messes everything else up.

Well there was no way I was quitting until that garmin said 20 miles! I sort of limped/ran the last few miles, but I did it. I wasn't fun but I didn't expect it to be...LOL

The next time I do 20 miles, hopefully there will be a medal at the end! :)