Omg so much to talk about with this run. Lets start from the beginning of this oh very exciting thought. Sitting out on the patio, I had an idea that on Mother's Day I would love to run the beach at Isle of Palms. I have a 10k coming up end of June so I thought it would be great plus I have never ran on a beach before. So Ronnie and I thought, oh how fun. He could fish and the kids could do what they wanted while I ran and he fished. Holy mother truckers, I was not expecting that run to kill me lol. Well I'm not dead but I feel like it. So Mother's Day is here and we are excited. I mean we were thrilled to get out of the house. Ronnie could do what he loves and I could do what I love. So we get to the fishing spot and I calculated that I wanted to do 10 miles being it was LRS. So I say adios and off I went. Started off great for the first 2 miles then it was " all what the hell was I thinking". I am not use to running on packed sand. It was harder than my half to be honest. I had to run a mile then walk a bit, run a mile, take pics, walk a bit then run a mile and so on. Got to mile 6 and started heading back to the gang. As I am running I am reflecting, looking around, and then I realized oh shit I forgot sunscreen. Oh yeah baby, let me tell you that was stupid. Here I thought I was all prepared. Even brought the sunscreen only to be so excited about a run. I ran out of water which was horrible, I swear the salt water looked good lol. So I'm running along and finally I just asked a family if they had an extra water. They graciously have me a bottle of h2o!! I was feeling hydrated but could feel my skin burning!! I was ready to get back and go home!! So I pushed on and did an extra mile, which is good cause I didn't think I had it in me at all. We arrive home and I take a LONG hot bath in Epsom salt, put on my compression sleeves and relax. But here are a few things I thought about during this run.
1. If you want motivation, it's all at the beach. Let me tell you it can make you think twice about your body.
2. DON'T FORGET SUNSCREEN
3. Bring more water
4. So glad I wore my old running shoes, almost tempted to take them off and run barefoot. One chick was
5. Beautiful scenery. How can you not love the view of the beach?
6. Wow, there's a lot of people swimming. Isn't that water cold??
7. A lot of dudes with kids, hey good idea fathers.
8. I miss my mom
9. I miss my Memaw
10. I need to practice running more on the beach!!!
Other than a really hard run, I've have had a wonderful Mother's Day. Lesson learned. I will do better next time!!
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