Back on Thanksgiving Day, we were talking with Dusty & Brian (who is a marathoner) about all doing the Rock & Roll together. Despite not running much as an adult, with my cross country experience, doing a half marathon has always been something I wanted to try, but I am just getting back into shape and had not considered doing it so soon. At first we joked about it and then by the end of the weekend we had all decided to do it. It was over 6 months away and we'd have plenty of time to train...
Well, the months rolled by and we were casually training but in the past few months we all stepped it up and put in some miles, and before we knew it the race was upon us! AHHH!
Mom & Dad took the girls and Ryan and Hailey came up for the weekend and we tried to make a weekend out of it. We spent some time downtown the night before after we registered.
We carb loaded and enjoyed a toast to the race.
I was really so proud of us all, even before we started running for following through on this goal we had made. The day of the race, the weather was perfect, we had smooth travels to the event site and for the most part the run was enjoyable.
Ryan & Hailey made great running partners for Kev & I. As a group we stuck together and all seemed to push one another at different points in the 13.1 mile course.
After the race we celebrated with some beers and snacks, hit up Flying Pie pizza, and all enjoyed a nap and restful evening. It was fun to get to have a child free weekend to hang out with them, even if we were too tired to really live it up. Hailey & I are up for running another... we'll see if we can get Ryan & Kev to run along!
Cheers to fun accomplishments with the ones you love!
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