After 8 months of training for the big race, the day finally came! After a restless night, Mark and I were up early, and decided to take an earlier ferry over to the island. We were going to grab some breakfast on our way over to the island, but apparently the continental breakfast at our hotel didn't open until 7:30am (kinda late, doncha think?!), so we grabbed a couple Nutri-grain bars from the hotel room and went over to the island without much in our tummies.
WE both did well on the race (I finished in 87:57 and Mark in 80:19) and I ran back quick to get the camera from the locker so we could leave some sort of proof that we actually ran the race lol We downed about half a dozen oranges between the two of us, as well as a handful of bananas and quite a bit of water lol Hey - we'd juts ran 8 miles with only a Nutri-grain bar in our tums!!
By the time I got back and we found our times in the hotel activity center (and freshening up secretly in the Mission Point restrooms), we walked downtown again and had lunch at the Irish Pub. Mark had a chicken sandwich and I had a wrap.
I had downed about 4 large glasses of iced tea over lunch, thinking it would help hydrate me. I should've stuck with water, though. I ended up feeling horribly dehydrated for a few hours after lunch, and thought I was going to throw up.
We walked to the nearby park and attempted a nap on the lawn, making sure to pick a spot without any bird poo, since the seagulls were abundant. I remember laying on the grassy area in the park downtown just feeling miserable.
After resting for an hour or so, we walked down to Kilwin's for another Mackinac Island Mud Fudge cone and relaxed in the little shopping center around the corner.
When I finally started feeling more back to normal, we found a bike rental place right next to the ferry dock and rented a couple bikes. We took a nice, relaxing bike ride around the island before catching the ferry back to the mainland.
This island is so beautiful! We thoroughly enjoyed the ride around it, and stopped quite a bit along the way to take it all in.
Mackinac Island was amazing and wonderful! Next time we go back, I'd probably not go there and plan to run a race around the island, as we didn't do as much as we would have liked to because we were taking it easy before the race.
We truly had a really wonderful time on this road trip! We thoroughly enjoyed every stop along the way, and will look back fondly on it for years to come.
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