I have now officially run a half marathon and am proud to say that I STILL have no desire to run a full marathon!
Michelle flew in from California (and it just so happens that it was the same weekend as Caitlin's birthday!) and my friend Carter flew in from Chicago to run the Bryan/College Station Half Marathon. Our friend Mandy ran it last year and wanted all of us to try to do this together. Unfortunately, Mandy was hurt and couldn't run it but she and Melissa made us signs and cheered for us on the sidelines which was great!
So, after a horrible sprained ankle for me, a move for both of us and not as much training time as either of us had hoped for I think we did very well! We finished the race in 3:02:59, that's including a 10 minute port-o-potty stop at mile 5 1/2(because there were none before this and the line at the start of the race was a mile long...) Michelle did her best at the begining of the race, I did my best in the middle and the last 2 miles killed us both! And we both feel like the last 0.1 mile stretch was way too long to be just a tenth of a mile! But we did it and we crossed at the same time! It was so great to have someone to run it with who dealt with how slow I run and could keep me going in the beginning and I could return the favor in the middle and who didn't get frustrated at the end! I love my sister very much and I'm so glad we did this together. And it was awesome that Carter came and met us at the 13 mile marker and ran to the end with us again!
So on to training for next year where we will hopefully have a recovered Mandy who can run, Melissa is going to run, Michelle and I will be back to beat our time from this year and hopefully Carter will come back too! And maybe we'll grab a couple more friends to come to town for this race that supports a great charity!
Michelle, Carter and Me about an hour before the start of the race
The front of the shirts we had made...with Mark in the background (by the way, Mark woke up the morning of the race and decided to run it...and he did!)
The back of the shirts we had made...we thought it was genius!
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