April 10th

Hello!
Today was the day of the big race!!!! It was such an incredible experience! Yesterday my family and Brits family went up to Clearwater beach. It was beautiful there. We had a fun time at dinner together and it was such a great bonding experience. We both made sure that we drank plenty of water yesterday and eat plenty of carbs. After getting dinner and ice cream we headed back to the hotel because we knew we would have to get up early! We woke up at 5 :30 and left the hotel by 6. We had plenty of time to walk around and stretch before the race. I was nervous but I tried to keep calm. When the race started we decided we where going to run the first two miles without slowing down. After about 5 min we reached our first bridge. The bridges where very steep! And on this course we had go to over four bridges! When we reached about mile 4 I started to get really bad stomach pains and I told Brit to go ahead without me because I did not want to make her stop. The races was on a beautiful course! There where not enough water stations though. There where people cheering us on every mile and that was extremely motivating! At mile 11 I was starting to second guess myself and was scared that I was not going to make it. My stomach and feet killed! But I knew that I could do anything I put my mind too! Finally after 2 hrs and 52 min I finished! It was the greatest feeling! We took plenty of awesome pictures over the trip! I am so proud of me and Brit for doing this! I know that I could not have done it without her! After the race we walked around for a little and then headed back to the hotel. We where both extremely sore so we hoped right in the hot tub. It felt great! Shortly after that we wanted to get on the road. It was such a great accomplishment and I can't wait to do our next one. Ill be back tomorrow and give the report on how I am feeling the day after!