Surprise! I won another pig & $50 cash!
After dealing with an injury for the past 2 weeks, I was
unsure if I would even make it to this year’s Piggy Trot. I didn’t want to do anything stupid this
close to the Buffalo Half Marathon and I went back and forth all morning about
what to do.
My mom picked me up and dropped my dad off to hang out with
Georgie. (Side note: It’s his birthday!!) My mom and I figured we would at least go
down to Dowses Beach to get our numbers.
The forecast was calling for race day rain and wind all week but a shift
in the weather patterns just showed overcast.
Just before the race, a misty rain started and it was pretty
chilly by the water. Linda Lou and I had
no desire to get out of the car at this point!
I was thinking about walking with her but neither of us really wanted to
walk. “Let’s just run and get it over
with,” we said.
The race was the 7th
annual Piggy Trot at Dowses Beach in Osterille, MA and my 6th time
running. It’s a 3.7 mile road race
raising money and melanoma awareness through The Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope. Although I never knew Glenna (nicknamed
Piggy), she had ties to Cape Cod Rehab and we continue to sponsor and support
her cause.
I caught up with my Cape Cod Rehab team at the start. It was a small group this year—just me,
Brian, and Eric along with Payton in the kids race!
Brian began running the race with my mom and
I decided I would run with Eric. I’ve
been coaching Eric and his goal was to run under 27:00 (7:17 pace). He would keep me out of race mode but he was
fast enough that I would still feel good running. (Running “slow” changes my stride and caused
more pain on my leg.) If I was going to
run, I wanted to run. Not race. Not jog.
Eric and I went through the first two miles in 7:11 and 6:55
and overall I was feeling pretty good and relaxed. I had no idea where we were in terms of place
but there was a girl in white just ahead of us that I told Eric we needed to
catch by the end of the race. She was
potentially in 3rd, which would me in 4th and totally within reach. Those pigs and cash prizes can really
motivate you! Eric responded and we
definitely picked up the pace. Mile 3
was in 6:46 but Eric was starting to breath pretty heavy. He fell back a little and I remember saying
now is the time where we wish it was a 5k race and not 3.7 miles!
Rounding the corner to the finish line, I looked behind me
and tried to pull Eric back to finish strong in 24:55 (6:44 pace)! We crossed the finish line at the same time,
well under his goal time and tied for 10th overall. I was 3rd female and Eric was 1st in his age
group!
My mom ended up running the first mile with Brian. They took a little walk break after the first
mile then she cruised her way to the finish.
She average just over 10 min/mile pace!
She did awesome!
How was my leg? The
good news is that I didn’t notice it at all during the race. The bad news is that the more I stood around
after the race, the more I felt it. I
went home to take a hot shower and immediately iced and took ibuprofen. If I run one or two taper runs this week, I’m
pretty sure I will be ok for next weekend…
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| Run Club friends! Photo cred @capecodrunner |
Up next: Buffalo Half Marathon in Buffalo, NY on May 29th!
[Related posts: I signed up for the Piggy Trot!, RaceReport: Piggy Trot 2014 & Race Report: Piggy Trot 2015]
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