1/2 Marathon/Fox 13 News

I did it!!! This is me rounding the corner with about 25 feet left to go.

Me and Kyle after the race.
Brett's dad, Ross, waiting with Jules for me to come. Kyle had already made it about 9 minutes before me.
Me and Kellie who went through more than her share of problems along the way. Sterling, my brother, was supposed to do it with her but his knee started giving out on him so he had to quit about 2 weeks before the marathon. He also had his appendix taken out in the middle of the training so it's probably for the better that he didn't run it.

It was one of the best running experiences I have had. It started out with me, Kellie, and Kyle, who I did my long run training with. We all got split up in the 1st mile because there were so many people. If we got past one person we just kept going. We were all able to run at our own paces and made our goal times even though we didn't see each other the whole rest of the way. I did really well and was feeling great until about mile 9 which lasted for about 3 miles I swear. My goal was to just finish and if I got lucky it would be under 2 hours. I got 1:56 minutes which I was very happy with. I was sore for about 2 days but then felt fine. My heroes along the way were this lady who had a sign on her back that said "Running for 2, due in March". She's crazy, I tried running a lot when I was prego and didn't make it very far. Good for her though. The other best part was signs that families had written along the way encouraging their loved ones. It encouraged everyone a bit. My least favorite from them was "That was the easiest 10 miles I've ever driven". I was able to laugh about it, but at the same time I wanted to shoot them. I would definitely do the Hobble Creek 1/2 marathon again. As for a career in full marathons, I'm going to have to say "no way!" 13.1 miles is enough for me.

As for another note of success. Brett was on Fox 13 morning news a couple of weeks ago for his a cappella group. Check them out http://hangtimesingers.com/media.html.