I wrote up a race report for Geist a couple of weeks ago, just to have blogger eat it in spite of my repeated clicks on "save now" and "publish post". I was so frustrated by that effort, that I didn't bother trying again.
Short version: Geist Half Marathon has a beautiful course, it was warm and humid that day, I had 6 miles of a great race, then 7 miles of misery and pain. The frustrating part is that the issue isn't even running-related, I think it was just bad timing that it even happened during the run. *sigh* It was the first race where I wanted to DNF. The only thing that kept me going was my stupid pride.
Unfortunately, I had the same problem this past weekend during a 10k. Again, the race was going well until out of the blue, GI pain and then spasms hit and I was barely even able to walk until it settled down a bit. If there'd been a support vehicle in sight, I would have DNF'ed it then and there. It was so much worse than what I endured during Geist, absolute misery. I was also registered to run a 5k an hour after finishing the 10k, but was so sick that I knew there was no way I could do the second race so I turned in both timing chips after the first race. I would think it was just "runner's trots" except I'm having the same issues after a taxing morning of dragging my butt out of bed and sitting on the couch. It doesn't make sense.
On a positive note: I'm on week 5 of P90X and very happy with the progress I'm making. This evening I did the Legs and Back work-out followed by Ab Ripper. I still can't do a single pull-up but I did almost every one of the reps on Ab Ripper! Way to go, Me!
