Run race (The Dual Half Marathon) 2:22:50 [4] 21.0 km (6:48 / km) +553m 6:01 / km
(injured) (sick) shoes: Merrell Allout Rush (#2)
ARGH! What a terrible race! So slow, so useless, so humid, so sick! From the moment the race started my legs felt awful. I'm pretty sure some of that is down to going so hard at the cycling race last weekend. Plus my back was really not happy but I'd been unable to find any pain killers beforehand. I guess I have been super stressed and not sleeping that great lately despite early bedtimes so that could account for the dizziness and mini blackouts in my vision. I mean I wasn't even going very fast at all with such wooden-feeling legs! This did make the technical rocky sections a bit mentally exhausting too, just trying to make my brain and eyes concentrate enough to not fall over. Just felt so ill by the time the last hill came around that I didn't jog up very far before giving up and just walking. Not sure how I even got this far round running. Lucky I can walk up hills fast though even when sick!
Then on the way back to town on the ferry I was so sick. It's been years since I've thrown up. I think the last time I was a kid and ended up in hospital so it was really unusual for me. Was a long walk back to the car afterwards but luckily my parents were there to help by this point.
I don't know what's wrong with me :-(