Marathon cont. #3

• Posted on 4th October 2010
• in Marathon training, Running
• by Dragonfly

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This will be the finnal entery untill something else comes up… okay it is the last one about the marathon… untill NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!! yes I am an idiot and after I tell you about the last dreaded 6.2 miles you will understand why I say that I am an idiot. I am doing it again. even after the last 6.2 damn near killed  me. so you know… I went and mapped out the section that I thought was the accual rout. the route that I was going to do was exactly 1 mile… the route that I was supposed to do was .9 miles. so I would have been over… the extra that I did…. was an extra .6 miles. so I did 26.8 miles… yes I wanted to be sure to put that in here. Because I ran MORE than a marathon and I did it in 5:06.18 and that is respectable. and I will beat it next time. : )

so I ended on mile 20…. I dont have pictures Untill mile 24 so you will have to listen to me paint the picture for you as best that I can… My two oldest children unbenounced to me went with dad to the house and picked up thier bikes so that they could ride with me in.  The two youngest went with my sister in her car. as I went past the beaver loop… I had a mental block. this is were I hit and called my husband and had him come to pick me up. remember that mile 20 was just up the hill and everyone was there and I was getting nutrition and it was all good. I was tired… But it was still all good. but as I went down the hill… I remembered a story from when I was a kid. about my uncle that passed away when I was a junior in high school. He was fishing in that little creak… and he saw a bear. left the fish for the bear and walked backwards to the car… and his frekals were bigger than his nose by the time he got to the shop… were I wanted to laugh… I couldnt I cryed. and thankfully Sandy was there. she is the one that talked me into this thing… and I cryed while she told me how strong I was and much m uch more. and she ran with me…. IN DRESS SHOES. for a little while. I needed that….

so I ran on… still lossing more of my mind as I went. so this all gets dicey even more than before. I remember seeing the T shirt place. and I remember searching for a place that was going to tell me how many miles I had done. so I kept looking and looking and my feet were shuffeling. I was realizing that my feet were not lifting and that I kept coughing. I thought it was just the stupid poweraide phlem that I always get. so I was just coughing and spitting and kept going. somewere my mind focused… and I realized I was looking for another sign… and it said. 23!!!! Okay so I lost a few miles in there and wait a minute…. there are kids with me now. and oh look…. theres JULIE from swimming. and if I wave maybe she will give me a ride home…. No Fly RUN! RUN FLY RUN! the kids were talking and it was making me mad. no reason as to why. they were saying things and it just irritated me… Than a BIG RIG honked…a nd I waved and than we were at Swires… and I stopped to drink and walk… 60 seconds latter… I was yelling at my legs to move. so now we are at 2 times stopping. for only 60 seconds of walking each… and as I yelled at my legs they started to move again and the pain was intense my mind had to find another place to be… and it did. I dont know were that place was or what it was doing there. But it only came out long enough to yell at T~ fly when he said…

“Look momma there’s NANNA!”

I almost lost my hat at him…. ” would you just GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

than Hubby had to explain that I was no longer myself. that he couldn’t take it to heart. that I was in alot of pain.

This is were the noise makers came into play. and yelling and go mommas and and and…. JERRY WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw  him I remember seeing him. he told me this morning that he knew I was gone. that when he looked at me he saw only me seeing the road… that I was a woman in pain. and I would see nothing but the road. I was only there to finnish at that point.

see all the love…. OH MY!!! the love was there.

I have no idea if I even looked to see if I had the right of way… I just kept moving for fear that if I stopped I couldnt get my legs started again… Michelle was back and I was so thankful. she talked me through the tears… My family couldnt do it for me at that moment. I am not sure why. But she was able to feel the pain and bring me through the other side.

the tears starting to fall ….

from here it was along the highway to get to Walker lane again… and you know I dont remember seeing hte road. I remember crying and hearing michelle tell me that You have practiced for this stretch of the road. I saw you just last week doing this. you are ready… you are strong. those…. silly … but those words were true. But I just never imagined I would be so tired when I got to that stretch of road.

mile 25…. How int he world did I make it this far…. see the lady in Pink in the back groune next to a car. jerry went home and told his wife that I wasnt doing well. and off she came to watch me go the rest of the way in… and cheer and tell me I could do it. HOLY COW I needed to hear it too…..Cause I wasnt so sure…. the brain was so gone I was only moving to move…. and I know now… But didnt see it at the tiem. I QUIT taking in nutrition AND Water by than…. so I was TOAST!

everyone stopping traffic. funny thing I remember the cars thought they were there to take pictures. didnt realize they were saving my life. they were stopping people from going up the roads while I was running. I wasnt stopping for anyone….

notice all the cars the bikes the people… I could have NEVER DONE THIS WITHOUT THEM!

down to the shoot and the tears were a coming down my face and everyone had steared off and was letting me have the moment. but you see the bike int eh back ground. she saw me in the begining and saw me through to the end. All of you did!!!!!!!!!!! without you… I never could have done THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

after being escorted off…. we sat and let me get food. I was so worried I would puke… NO WAY did I… : )

and as we sat and talked they asked me if I’d ever do it again… I asured them NEVER!!!!!!!!!!! by the morning I was talking myself back into it. I can’t leave my time the way it went… I can’t leave it as it is in my brain… a FAILURE. I know I finnished and that was my main goal. But I wanted under 5 hours and that was obtainable. I let myself fall apart and not keep my nutrition up… I will be training a little different next year. and with that… might be eating pizza ont  e run. : ) never know 

 For now I leave you with the real meddle of honor over this whole thing… my toe. the loss of a toenail. and the thought that I RAN A MARATHON. a fish out of water is what I am… and the shirt could not be more perfect. as it is salmon with shoes on thier tail fins running. : ) just like me they are fish out of water. : ) and I will try to do this again…

 and I want to be able to come accross with a smile instead of all the tears. : )

Here is the big thing I want to make sure you all know… running 26.2 was an enlightenment… I know that I CAN do it. I know that I AM strong enough. and most of all… I KNOW that I have the family to support my crazy life choices. will they be there behind me during the months of training. yes they will. will they feel slighted sometimes when I cant do something because I must run and train. WELL DUH! but they will be there every step of the way to watch me do it again. and they will be there with thier bikes. and they will hold me through all the tears….

I am the MOST BLESSED MOMMA FLY IN THE WHOLE WORLD!

thank you … Momma moose…papa moosie…. sistah lessa…. nieces and nephews….  Hubby fly….  Fly babies…. Jerry and wife…… ANGIEMALE… Michelle… Sarah…Peggy… ANNA…SANDRA… Momma Widman and baby widman… all the church family praying….. and the one that surprised me the most… Forest… my mail lady for as long as I can remember … after she ran her leg. they went from station to station to cheer me on as well.

I couldnt have done it without you guys. I am sure there are more…t he vollunteers that were there. the ones handing me the water or the ones catching me at the end… you were all instrumental in me making it. and I thank you

Onto the next path that my life is taking me….

next summer. ont he books.

May GNT …..June Tri the Kenai… July the last 1/2 iron man in Alaska… September the marathon…

the summer is mapped out this far. and I am ready as I am going to be. and I am starting training now. : ) love this. I realy do. no matter how much I whine while I am doing it.

Momma Fly out!!!