1/2 Marathon!

Well, after 3 months of training, the big day finally came last Saturday.  Some friends and I were able to complete our 1/2 marathon, and it was great.  I had done one 5 years ago, and didn't know if I ever wanted to do one again.  About 3 months ago my friends Tiffany and Alice had talked about doing one, and I needed a goal to keep me running, so I said yes, and I'm so glad I did.  Running is not really enjoyable to me, but I love how it makes me feel.  I love the results I get from running, therefore I run. :)

Here we are after the race.  (Thanks Tiffany for the photo which I stole off your blog. :)  The last two miles were uphill, and it about killed me, but I finished in 2 hours 14 minutes and 37 seconds.  My goal was to beat my time from 5 years ago, which was 2 hours and 15 minutes, and man did I barely do that!  (I'm five years older, and have had 2 more kids since then, so I guess that's not bad....)  It was hard, but I'm so glad I did it!  Thanks girls for pushing me, and running with me.  I really wouldn't have done it by myself!  You are all amazing!

Now to anyone reading this thinking that they could never do this, I used to be the same way.  I've always hated running, and when I started I could barely run for 5 minutes.  But you just take it one day at a time.  Start with running for 5 minutes, then the next time do 6.  Keep going, and then one day you realize you just ran 13 miles!!