I completed my tenth half marathon. Those are words I never thought would come out of my mouth.. But I did.. It seemed only fitting I would do my tenth in St. Louis.. alone. I kept thinking it was my race to run.. I needed to do it alone. At the starting line I met a lady doing her first. I was excited to tell her it was my tenth. When it started I put my headphones on and was off. I felt good.. I paced that thing perfectly.. Mile nine by hour two I would make it under 3. I ran a lot.. through the brewery.. past Busch stadium... through Soulard by Harris Stowe. It was getting hot I was doing great. I could see the finish line in front of my down Market Street.. I was there.. I was going to hold ten fingers up at the finish line.. for the picture of course.. at Mile 13 .. I thought I was going down. My leg cramped up I had to stop. Completely stop right by Union Station.. I heard a man in the crowd saying.. no go a little bit more.. A lady said use your arms.. And I was done. A lady came in to help me stand up.. but in the end.. I finished 3:02 are you kidding me.. two minutes over 3 ... will I ever get to the 3. Anyway I was proud.. Ten half marathons.. I did it. I am proud of me. I felt good to finish it.. Alone. I am so much stronger mentally and physically than I was two years ago. The most interesting thing about this race is they had to close it due to weather at the end.. it was too hot.. After Disney I thought it was cool. It was my race to run.. I did it and I will get under three next time.. Race 11.. Nashville here I come in three weeks...
