Birthday, sickness and races: PART 2 - Race in Huntsville

The day after Norah's birthday, I was competing in the Texas 10 Series race in Huntsville.  I signed up last minute with the urging of my running partner and dear friend Tanna.  It was a loop course...I don't like loops! Ever since my half last year that was the same loop 3x, I vowed never to do a loop again.  Ironic since my 2 recent races were both loops! I digress...not to go into too much detail, but the race was a success! I completed it in 1:27 (8:38mm). I placed 4th in my age group...missed a medal by under a minute. So close!!!! But this race was such a game changer for me because it was starting to show all of my work was paying off. I was actually getting faster. So big progress for me and lots of fun doing it.