We left Friday and traveled to the Eder household in Ft. Worth for a delicious homemade dinner! Afterwards we piled in the car, again, and headed to Dallas. It was our first time renting out a hotel room in Dallas, less than 3 miles from the start of the race (thanks Coach!), and attempted to calm our pre-race excitement in order to get a decent amount of sleep.
The morning of the race reminded me of what it's like to have an overnight trip with a team again. I had forgotten what it's like to room with a handful of people who each have their own pre-race rituals. It was a neat experience...girls braiding hair, Chass shaving his legs being Chass, Jer making sure everyone has everything.
We headed to the YMCA where they were shuttling racers to the Arboretum. It was beautiful and the first time I had ever been to any Arboretum for that matter.
The race itself was awful, for me. I finished 3rd with a time 30 seconds slower than what I ran a month prior,on a much tougher course. Hopefully this was my official "bad race" of the season. I let nerves get the best of me and ended up not eating enough for fear of throwing it up. Running on an empty stomach doesn't work for me. Lizzie had a tough time too, battling sickness, but she still pulled through to get 6th place in the field of elites. Amy did great, especially for her first road race as a post-collegiate athlete. She finished 2nd overall, behind a former Trinity teammate of ours (D'Ann Arthur), with a time of 36:27.
The boys blew away the competition with a strong 1-2 punch! Chassy cruised it in for the win and Jer followed for a nice 2nd place finish. Jer's second place came somewhat as a shock since he could barely run the two days prior to the race due to IT band issues. The fact that he even got on the starting line was a shocker, but the pain was all gone during the warm-up so he went with it.
Although the race didn't play out exactly the way I was hoping, it was still nice knowing that the awards we ended up winning more than covered the cost of the trip - so not a total bummer. Afterwards we listened to the fun 80's cover band they had and then made another food stop at the Eder house before heading back to good ol' San Antonio! Now, picture time!
The race itself was awful, for me. I finished 3rd with a time 30 seconds slower than what I ran a month prior,on a much tougher course. Hopefully this was my official "bad race" of the season. I let nerves get the best of me and ended up not eating enough for fear of throwing it up. Running on an empty stomach doesn't work for me. Lizzie had a tough time too, battling sickness, but she still pulled through to get 6th place in the field of elites. Amy did great, especially for her first road race as a post-collegiate athlete. She finished 2nd overall, behind a former Trinity teammate of ours (D'Ann Arthur), with a time of 36:27.
The boys blew away the competition with a strong 1-2 punch! Chassy cruised it in for the win and Jer followed for a nice 2nd place finish. Jer's second place came somewhat as a shock since he could barely run the two days prior to the race due to IT band issues. The fact that he even got on the starting line was a shocker, but the pain was all gone during the warm-up so he went with it.
Although the race didn't play out exactly the way I was hoping, it was still nice knowing that the awards we ended up winning more than covered the cost of the trip - so not a total bummer. Afterwards we listened to the fun 80's cover band they had and then made another food stop at the Eder house before heading back to good ol' San Antonio! Now, picture time!
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| Chassy |
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| Amy |
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| Coachy |
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| Em |
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| Liz |
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| The group! |
Next up, Jer, Chass, and myself will be heading to Houston for a fun, flat, 10miler this weekend!!
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