{"id":47762,"date":"2015-08-19T08:01:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=47762"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:05:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T17:05:37","slug":"sort-of-race-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=47762","title":{"rendered":"Sort of Race Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Race Day!<\/span><\/h4>\n

The night before we tried to go to dinner at Apizza Scholls<\/a> but there was over an hour wait just to get a table and it wasn’t even 5:30 yet. Man, I hate Portland restaurant lines. Seriously. I wish more restaurants would allow reservations. Who wants to stand in line that long? Not me. We went to Plan B instead–The Matador<\/a>. It’s the restaurant where we had our rehearsal dinner<\/a> almost a year ago!<\/p>\n

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There was no line, got a nice table outside immediately and it was much better experience. I got the enchiladas. They were really good–the rice and beans not so much so I didn’t eat much of them (the food is always great at Matador, not sure what happened this night but the rice was like overcooked or day-old or something. Dry and gross. No thanks.)<\/p>\n

Sunday morning Michael and I got up early and went out to Laurelhurst Park for our 5k run<\/a>! It was Michael’s first race. This was my 3rd 5k race and my 5th running race.<\/p>\n

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It was a really nice morning! The sun was out, it was a little chilly in the shade but nice and warm in the sun and the perfect temperature for a race.<\/p>\n

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Since my back injury last week, I went in to this race with no expectations. In fact, I wasn’t even sure if I was going to run it until Sunday morning. I took 5 days off from exercising, went to the chiropractor a few times, got a massage, went swimming Friday and did a light elliptical workout Saturday. I iced my back, I stretched. And then I just waited to see how I felt.<\/p>\n

And I was feeling really good! I’d say my back injury was healed 95% by the time the weekend came. Michael was shocked at my “miraculous” recovery. I guess it was a pretty fast! And considering I could barely walk a week ago, I was really happy I was able to run some of my race!<\/p>\n

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We got in line for the start. I knew Michael would be leaving me during the race, which was okay with me. He’s much faster than me and honestly I knew I’d be walking some of the race. Like I said, I wasn’t pushing myself or having high expectations.<\/p>\n

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\nThere were people of all ages, shapes and sizes running. Some were walking. There were families running together. I also saw a little kid running with his little sister, holding hands, and he was telling her to keep running. It was pretty cute.<\/p>\n

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The race was through the park, mostly on the paved pathways but there was an uphill stretch on gravel. You did the trail three times<\/a> to make it a 5k. I walked on the hills but for the most part I was jogging slowly and keeping an okay pace.<\/p>\n

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My back was feeling great–no issues. My knees were feeling good, too. I did a little more walking on that third lap, but overall I’m happy with how I did.<\/p>\n

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On the last lap I was feeling pretty good and managed to run the last half of it and cross the finish line! Michael was there waiting for me and he snapped a few pictures. \ud83d\ude42 Here are my calories for the run:<\/p>\n

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\nMichael was feeling okay but his shins and calves were sore from the hills (he ran the whole thing). I am glad I took it easy. Jogging and walking was okay with me. And my body wasn’t sore afterward.<\/p>\n

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Finished! We got our finisher ribbons and then walked around a bit to cool off. There was water, free Luna bars (yum) and bananas. We hung around for a bit for the raffle but didn’t win anything and then we went home. I stretched, foam rolled my legs, did my back PT exercises and iced. I was feeling great!<\/p>\n

Official Time<\/span><\/h4>\n

Michael’s Run Time: 29:18<\/p>\n

Lisa’s Run Time: 39:41<\/p>\n

I had a very lazy day after the race. I ran some errands (grocery shopping) and pretty much spent the rest of the day going between lounging in bed watching Netflix and working on the computer (also watching Netflix). I was SO TIRED. Body still felt great but I just couldn’t shake the fatigue. So I rested.<\/p>\n

I have another 5k in about a month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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