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Mile 15 Happy to see the Green “House”

by bhealthy on May 24, 2010
The green house is the plantation’s beach access, which means off the beach and one mile back to the house. Unfortunately, I was too out of it and too focused on running that I buried my head and missed the turn to the house. I kept running until I realized I had gone completely in the wrong direction for at least 2 miles. I called to get picked up by my fellow vacationers! I ended up running a total of 17 miles, in 2 hours and 35 minutes.
That is the farthest I have ever run. I planned on 12… thought I could do 13 or 14 for fun… then the competitve “pusher” in me said “you know you can do it, why not”
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  • http://www.thinspiredblog.com Lara (Thinspired)

    Beautiful! I don’t know how you do it…running on “land” is hard enough…in the sand is SO much harder! You inspire me!

  • http://www.beinghealthier.com bhealthy

    Thanks so much Lara, I heart you. The breeze and the view is just incomparable motivation. :-)

  • http://frontyardfoodie.com Diana @ frontyardfoodie

    Holy cow that’s awesome! I love surprising myself with longer than usual runs. Way to go!

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