{"id":859,"date":"2019-11-21T16:40:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2019-11-21T16:40:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:40:32","slug":"hot-chocolate-15k-11-3-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/hot-chocolate-15k-11-3-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Chocolate 15K – 11\/3\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With a half marathon planned in early 2020, I decided to ‘upgrade’ from the 5K to the 15K distance. I knew it might not be pretty, but I didn’t envision what happened occurring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of how early we had to be there pre-race, I stayed with friends Saturday night. But it still meant getting up before 5AM to get there in time. They did a really nice presentation with a Make-A-Wish recipient pre-race, and Dave gave us a shout out prior to starting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, we were in the dark (Lower Wacker?) for about a 1\/2 mile. This year, it seemed like we were down there for at least a mile, if not more. During that dark run, I had to completely rely on Rob to be my eyes since I could see little. As we emerged from the drak and made the first aid station stop, things felt just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we continued on though, issues started to happen. By about 2.75 (where the 5K \/ 15K split was), my feet started hurting. Getting hydration and gels in at about 3.25 helped with that though, and I was OK until about 4.5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that point, what started in the feet had worked upwards a bit. From about 4.5 to 6, it was a decent walk\/run. But after 6, I was having to constantly stop to stretch things out. And by 7.5, I was in so much pain I couldn’t run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that point, the main thought in my mind was ‘I don’t care if I have to crawl, I’m finishing the race.’ As we hit 9, the next thought was ‘I don’t care how much pain I’m in, I am running this in so there are decent photos for Achilles.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it wasn’t a great day, I’m grateful to Achilles Chicago for all of their support and Rob for guiding \/ his continual support throughout the race. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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