In 2013, just two days before my 13th wedding anniversary, I ran 13.1 miles! Yup! I did it! Check it off the bucket list. I ran a half marathon! We completed the run in 2 hours 36 minutes and came in 1374th out of 4000 runners!!!! Not bad!!!
Here are some pictures from our day:
The start......
The finish....
But I didn't do it alone....
Tyler, Meadow and Dan kept me motivated by making me signs after my long training runs! They also put up with my crazy running schedule for the past 12 weeks - and never once complained when I was tired or cranky!!!
And as I walked out the door this morning, I found these on my door and lawn! What an awesome surprise from my friends!! A perfect way to start the day!
And of course my cheerleaders.... Meadow and Tyler pictured.... Dan and my Mom were there too! It meant so much to have them there to support me!!
With beautiful signs made by Ellen!
And last... but absolutely no least.... I couldn't have done this without Missy. My very close friend, and a long time runner and health fanatic, she started running with me in December when I could barely make it around the block. And then in May, she ran a 5K with me. And today, even though she can definitely run much, much, much faster than me, she ran with me every step of the way... just to make sure I was okay and I didn't give up (which did cross my mind a couple of times!)
Thank you!!!!!