The Great aloha run is a run n Honolulu that is 8.15 miles. I have always wanted to do it but never have. It is every year on presidents day. This year there was 27,000 entries. I was one of them. I signed up back in January. I thought if I am going to do this I really want to do this. My friend shirlyn gave me a training schedule and I was set. I used to fun about a mile and think I was going to die so I really wanted to give this a try. When I did my long runs Saturday it was neat to see me go farther then I thought and to see my time. The first time I did 6 miles I was so proud of myself. It was very empowering for me to set a goal and work hard it. I could tell when I was pushing myself and not really pushing myself. sometimes I would hate when the alarm when off since during the week I would get up so I would have enough time to run and shower before we had to leave the house at 7:30 for school drop offs. I stuck with it and I am very proud of myself.
February 21 2011 came and I got up at 3:30 to eat breakfast and get ready to go. There was a group of us that was doing it together. Laura was the driver and she came and got me and chantell(she was visiting from out of town. She used to live in Hawaii I have known her since the day we moved here). We wen and picked up Tricia and shirlyn and we were off. Of course we were stuck in traffic for way to long but it was just us girls so we didn't mind talking the morning away. We parked at the stadium were the race ended, got on a bus that took us to the start, had a bathroom break, heard the race start and we were off. We started together but we are at different levels so we had the meeting spot at the end.
The finish line is inside the stadium so u run through a tunnel then end in the stadium.. As I crossed the finish line and was being headed to were we were suppose to be I heard a cute little voice yell mommy! I look up to see Brooklyn waving her hands frantically and shaking some flowers they had for me. Then I saw David, Landon, and Dawson. Talk about a proud moment.
I am so lucky to have David he was so supportive of me the whole time. I took my phone with me and I told him I was going to call him but not talk to him when I entered the stadium so he would know I was in the stadium. I was a sweaty mess and I had my phone tucked into my tank top and I was nervous the battery was going t get wet so I happened to be holding it at this time and about mile 6 when I needed a good boost I got a text from David that said Go Amanda. Just what I needed.
I am proud of myself for working at a goal and seeing the hard work pay off. I had 3 different times in my head that I wanted to finish in. When I crossed the finish the line clock said 1 hour 40 min 22 sec. I was kind of upset because I felt that I was working so much harder then that but I felt like I really pushed harder then that. Then today I checked my email and there was an email that said I could check my time. So I entered my race number and it said 1 hour 28 min 43 sec. I totally forgot to factor in I didn't start at the start line right when it started. I started about 7:15. I was so excited since my time I wanted was less them 1 hour 30 min. I was so happy and so proud of myself.
