Illinois Half Marathon & Strawberry Fest 5K

I did a couple more races this year.  First, I did the Illinois Half Marathon with Betsy.  My goal was to do a lot more jogging this time (I have walked in the past) and to finish in under 3 hours.  I accomplished that!  I beat my time from two years ago by about 15 minutes, so I felt good about that.  It was really hard for me to find the time to train this year.  Life just seems so much busier lately.  And I still had a nursing baby during much of my training time, so I shouldn't be too hard on myself.  I got my weekend "big runs" in, but I didn't do well through the  week at all.  I was very glad to have Betsy with me to push me along.  I got really dizzy towards the end.  Miles 11-13 always kill me.  After the race, I was really nauseous for a couple of hours.  I have never experienced that before.  

 I also did the Strawberry Festival 5K.  This is the first race I have ever done without Betsy.  I'm certain my time would have been better if she had been with me.  I didn't do great, but I did my best with my current life schedule for training.

 My Uncle Art and Cousin-in-Law David both came to town to run the race.  They both won their age division!  I think the girl who won my age division was 14 minutes faster than me, ha!  I need to find another race to train for so I don't lose what I have gained!  Any suggestions?