about 4 'ish months ago Lindsie told me she was doing a half marathon {Hobble creek half marathon} in July and asked if i wanted to do it with her. it sounded good at the time and far enough away that i could have plenty of time to train for it.... well about 6 weeks before the race i decided i'd better start running. i wish i would have started training a little sooner BUT i finished and i was pretty dang proud of myself. 13.1 miles is FAAAAARRR! as i was running {which went MUCH better then i thought it would} i kept having the thought "nobody should run this far"... :) the run was SO pretty as we went down the canyon. mile 10 i got a little tired from running and at 11 i started cramping. it was exhausting but fun. at the end of the race I WAS IN PAIN. my muscles hurt SO bad. nate kept asking me if i wanted a drink or if i wanted a popsicle & all i wanted was my legs to stop hurting. they had face painting and bounce houses for the kids but i just wanted to leave because i hurt so bad. so we left and once we were in the car ej realized she never got her face painted ans was upset. SOOOO we improvised and i did her make up at home and she was MORE THAN okay with that. the night before the race we had a dinner with trent and lindsie & rob and marnie and ate YUMMY alfredo and spaghetti and garlic bread! CARB UP!!!!
lindsie picked me up at 4:30 and we got on the bus about 4:40
chipped
lucky number
right before the 6:30 start time
me finishing... getting ready to cross the finish line
with Marnie, she did the 5K
and here is emersyn modeling her make up
nate was great and supported me through the entire process of the race. he stayed home with the kiddos while i'd go for morning runs and longer saturday runs. he also gave me a present the day before filled with gatorades, energy suppliers, a hydration belt, and he made me a play list for the race. that was SO MUCH fun. i was excited for each new song to hear what he had put on the list. he totally put a lot of thought into it and had great workout songs that i love.... he even threw a TuPAC song on there and i TOTALLY L-O-L'ed when i heard it come on. he is so great to me! Rihanna's song Wild Thing came on twice.... which i think was an accident BUT i sing that to my wild kids and figured it was on there once for each of them ;) i have ALWAYS wanted to do a half marathon and i can't believe i actually did it!!!!
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