I know that I just posted about wanting to lose 5 pounds, but we went out for pizza last night. Pizza is not something that I eat often, and like I said, I’m just trying to get in control of my snacking issue, not my meals. It’s okay to have pizza every now and again. Several people had told me about this newish pizza place near Georgia Tech called Antico Pizza. I’d heard that the place was small and that sometimes you’d have to wait to get a table, but it was not like I pictured. At all.
This is what the main “dining room” looks like.
Yes, those people are all standing. And on the other side of the room were giant pizza ovens.
We managed to score a table before our pizza came out. Even though the ambiance was a little odd, the pizza was damn good!
We split that pizza. It was bigger in real life than it looks in the picture. It was actually pretty huge. And very delicious.
After dinner, we went home and watched some tv and I got my clothes ready for this morning’s 10K. When my alarm went off at 6 am, my stomach was loudly telling me that it wasn’t very pleased that I had greasy pizza the night before. Ugh. I went to the race, stomach in knots.
I told myself (and my friend Jaime that ran with me) that I was just running this race to run. I wasn’t running to race. I didn’t have any specific time goals. I kept having to remind myself that because I didn’t have a particularly great race.
It started out fine. The first two miles were totally fine. I wasn’t making good time, but I was making okay enough time. But then, around mile 3, my stomach started to gurgle a bit and I felt tired and stopped to walk for a few minutes. By the time that I got to Mile 5, I felt much better. I think partially because I was really familiar with this part of the course and I could picture the hills (or lack there of) and knew exactly where the finish line was and how far away it really was. I like running in familiar territory. I like knowing that at this stoplight, we’re at 5.5 miles. When I hit the 5 mile marker, my stomach felt better and I got a second wind and picked up the pace a bit.
I finished in 1:06 something. Really not what I wanted, but not too bad, right? Some races you race, some you run. I ran this one. Well, and walked!
That pizza looks so yummy!! We were in that area today actually.
10K races are always my favorites! I love that distance.
Great attitude about the race! I feel the same way about some races…sometimes, you’re there to run, not race. It’s just depends on the day for me…it’s either really good or really bad…and there’s certainly not going to be any good racing on my bad days!
The pizza looked worth it, though! It’s those small, casual joints that always have the best food!
Hey Lee! Pizza should definitely not be overlooked – at any time. Especially when it looks that good!
Great job with the race – its just awesome that you were out there and doing it. There will be many more races.
Doesn’t sound bad at all!! And I think pizza is my favorite food. I’m not sure if I could handle having to eat it standing though. At least not right now. LOL
Good job on the run. I think you did great.
I’ve never raced a 10k, I think I’ll need to find one though, the distance might be my favorite. Good job on the run though, that’s a great time for not feeling well.
This is a great mentality for approaching races. They can’t all be perfect right? Nice job!
I’ve been wanting to go to Antica Pizza for so long – everyone I know says it’s so good! Looks great!
Great job Lee! I’ve actually never raced a 10k. I need to get on that!