Wow. That is all I can say about this race. Actually I also have to say that I am extremely glad that Laura came to run the race with me because I don't think I could have done so well without her. Anyway, my goal for this race was 40:00. Laura asked me what my secret goal for the race was (the one I was too embarrassed to tell anyone). My secret goal was 35 mins but I was sure that highly unlikely. In fact I thought it was basically impossible for this race. So 31 minutes! (don't know the seconds, sorry). I'm ecstatic! I'm more than ecstatic. I'm ecstatically ecstatic. It almost makes me not want to swear off any more races :) And niether my knee or my shins hurt during the race, though my shins hurt after. It actually felt pretty good. And I didn't even throw up out of nervousness--that in and of itself is a big achievement. But yes, very great race. Thank you so much Laura for running with me. It made the run go by so much faster and it kept me distracted. And I think it picked up my pace quite a bit. All in all it was a much better experience than I thought it would be. I was having some terrible flashbacks from high school this morning, but my race was way different than that. It was actually fun :) So thanks Laura and thanks to everyone who encouraged me to do it :)
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