Its been awhile (too long) since I have updated and we have had a busy spring. We were incredibly lucky with great weather this spring, and I used that to my advantage and trained for a half marathon. I haven't run long distances before, but after mentioning wanting to try and do this in the fall to Mikey, his response was to burst out laughing.
Thus I got the push that I needed to cross this off my list.
I tease, but Mikey was a huge part of me being able to do this. There was many nights and weekends where he was on-duty while I was running, plus he had to endure non-stop chatter from me about it: the cold weather, the hot weather, whether my shoes were right, my knees hurt, my feet hurt, my iPod broke, can I make it? He was a champ!
The race was actually really fun. So many people came out to cheer the runners. With all the people cheering, the signs, the water stops - it made the run really exciting, fun and much better than the boring training runs I ran at home. I finished 15 minutes faster than we thought I would (I guess I was phoning it in while running alone). All in all a great race, great accomplishment, and I don't miss running 2 hours on a Saturday :)
Here are some pics of that day.
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| Here I am coming down Ward Parkway, just past the Meyer Boulevard Fountain |
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| Happy wave to the family - note my dorky kneebraces. They look lame, but saved me. |
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| Mikey and the kids hanging out waiting for me on the back side of the race. |
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| There was a chance for rain that day. Tom was prepared. |
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| Ellie posing for the camera |
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| The custest cheering squad around. |
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| Here I am approaching the finish line. |
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| Excited to wave the family before I finished. |
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| Post race stretch - Note who has the medal I won. |
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| At least she lets me close to it |
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| A pic with my biggest supporter. |
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