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I Ran a Half – Check Out my Medal!

June 29, 2014 By Scott K. Johnson 19 Comments

Must be early in the race if I'm still almost smiling...
Smile and pretend you’re fine 🙂

After finishing an 8k with Insulindependence last fall I talked myself into completing a half marathon in Seattle and committed to doing so on live internet radio (it’s also recorded, so I couldn’t pretend it didn’t happen).

I trained, and trained, and trained, and was feeling good until about three weeks before the race when I hurt myself (turns out I didn’t pay enough attention to proper running form early in my training).

I tried to work through it, I tried to rest it, I tried pretty much everything except going to the doctor until I couldn’t take it anymore (two days before leaving for ADA, 11 days before racing). Diagnosis? Proximal hamstring tendinopathy.

Injured

That’s a fancy way of saying a high hamstring injury. Treatment? Acute physical therapy, with no hope for recovery or relief in time for the race. But the doctor was so cool about it.

“Of course – run the race. You have to run the race, we’ll rehab you afterward.”

I didn’t talk much about the injury online beforehand, but I was totally freaking out. It totally threw off my training plan, which, in turn, really shook my mental confidence for completing the event.

It’s one thing to push yourself hard through an event you know you’ve trained properly for. It’s something completely different to do an event when you know you haven’t.

Holy mind games, Batman.

Enjoy the Experience

But I was all in. I was going to do the race and just take my time. Slow down if I hurt, walk if necessary, and just take in the experience. And that’s exactly what I did.

I enjoyed Seattle, had some wonderful quality time with Dana Lewis & Scott Leibrand (#DIYPS), saw some old friends (hi Ghosn’s!) and met some new ones (hey Terri & David!). Oh yeah, we raised some money for the American Diabetes Association along the way, which is pretty great, too. Thank you, all, for helping make that happen.

I earned a half marathon medal, and it’s something I’m very proud of. I wore it all the way home and was congratulated a few different times. That felt pretty awesome. And you can bet your green, orange, and yellow bracelets that I’ll be wearing that medal at Friends for Life next week, too.

Why? Because if I can do this then you can set a goal and do it, too.

Picture of me with my finisher medal after the race
Check out my medal, yo!

Hello Seattle!
Almost brought tears to my eyes…
Seattle’s Pike Place Market
Fresh fish at Pike Place Market (“buurht”)
Performer inside Pike Place Market
Obligatory Space Needle selfie
Olympic Iliad sculpture at Seattle Center
Giant chess board at the Armory
Seattle Space Needle
Space Needle artsy abstract selfie (?)
Seattle view from the Space Needle
Scott L. and Scott J. – Dana titled this one “double trouble”
Checking in and getting my bib
Rocking and rolling
The countdown
Ready to go!
Diabetes stuff and ibuprofen
Carbs and water
Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll 1/2 Marathon Route
Scott & Dana and the Space Needle near the start line
Dana & Scott ready to run!
At the starting line
Hey look, a camera!
Seattle selfie around mile 6 – with a giant inflatable rocker dude
The giant inflatable Brooks rocker dude!
There were service men & women holding flags and cheering us on for at least a mile. It was very moving.
Must be early in the race if I’m still almost smiling…
Seattle selfie around mile 9
Walk it out
I love how you can see my medical ID bracelet & necklace so well here
I love the perspective on this shot
Finish line!
Check out my medal, yo!
Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle 1/2 Marathon medal image
My race bib and finisher medal
My BG’s were a mess during the race, and my Dexcom was all ???’s and —‘s

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exercise, Exercise Tagged With: Athletics, Dana Lewis, Marathon, Seattle

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