I had never ran an official relay before and I was excited to get to do one! A few years back a crazy friend had convinced me to do one at midnight and I had sworn I'd never do one again but that was obviously the tired talking. I had so much fun during this relay and really needed a distraction with a fun group of ladies that new how to make me laugh and didn't even care when I messed up the hand off!! The day started with my son sleeping in for the first time ever so I cringed at having to make noise at 6 am so that he would get up but the hand off went smoothly all things considered and I even managed to remember my breakfast, pb & honey sandwich, and my Accelerade drink! When I first signed up to do this relay I thought I'd have to take my own car go do my leg with my son in the car seat and someone else driving only to have to leave right away. But I got to stay for the whole thing and ride along with all the rest! Then I get to our meet up parking lot and it's full!!! We all manage to find spots and somehow find each other! Our fearless leader somehow found our chip just in time! This race seems a little disorganized but we made it!
The first leg our team mate killed it! The second leg I ran 6.2 miles and I was pretty cold so all my muscles were tight and I felt like I was going pretty slow. I tried to wave at a fellow Sole Sister that was there cheering and my hand wouldn't open. Once I warmed up I tried to push myself to make up for some lost time. I was able to do a sub hour 10k which made me happy considering the lack of training going into this! But here's the kicker. I get to the hand off and it is so congested and I'm staring straight into the sun. I hear my teammates yell what I thought was "She's at the top!" so I ran past them to the top of the hill and yelled her name as I twirled around. Then the cop started yelling at me to cross the street because he was holding up a line of cars for me so race brain and panic kicked in and I kept 
The day started getting really hot after that so I'm super proud of the next two ladies finishing it off for us! One of which also ran a second leg because one of our mates had to step out last minute due to illness. We managed to do sub 4 hour marathon as a team and best of all I made some new friends, great memories, and I made it back in time to take my son for a swim and add a new pin to his medals! Sometimes you just need a good run and good company to get you out of a rut. Sisterhood at it's best! My half marathon training starts next week so I figure this was a good start to it.
Happy Training!!
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