The Big Race

This past weekend I had the chance (thanks ang :) to run the Hobble Creek Half Marathon..
I never thought I would be one of "those" people, ya know the kind that find
running until your almost dead as fun..?

Well, i'm still not one of "those" people.
But i did enjoy this race, it was a really pretty course,
and it was more fun because I did it with lots of family!
My time was 1:58, that averages 9:01 a mile.

Brett and Dustin biked up the trail and took pictures for us
and rooted us on!
I may have stopped to give Brett a quick kiss :)

Denny was unbelievably fast.
I couldn't catch him the first 61/2 miles!!
And i finally did catch up, only because we stopped for some water!

They gave out free samples of this new 'KT' tape,
hence my 'robot knees'
It totally helped my knees
they didn't hurt at all!

During the race i felt great. The first six were down hill so I felt like i was flying.
The problem with a lot of downhill is that as soon as it flattens out, just a little...it feels like work!

I took 'gu' at mile 6, and 8. Then i had a teensy sip of another one at mile 10.
Swallowing that gu is like eating a large handful of hair gel...lemon flavored.

Gross and suffocating!! I pretty much just inhaled it with water before i could gag!
Mile 10 was where i hit my wall.
Those last three miles seemed like another 10...
I was so happy to finally see the finish line!!

This kind of stuff is Julie's thing.
She's an amazing runner and is so FAST!!

Denae and I were desperately trying to learn her secrets,
so before the race began and we were all stretching Denae and I
were copying Julie's EVERY move!

At one point Julie was smoothing her hands over her hair,
Denae thought maybe Julie was putting some secret oil in her hair to make her go faster.
Turns out she was just putting her hair up.....or was she? :)Denae did great. Even when, at mile 10
her knee almost exploded!

Dave was also incredibly fast...he left me in the dust!

Landon ran with a pretty much broken toe!
He finished and did great!



Kim and I are pretty much the same pace...so it was fun running with her.
She has bad Asthma, and she forgot her inhaler!
Not breathing and all, she finished! With a good time to!

Jill ran like it was no thing.
She's waving here, probably not even out of breath!
She left me in the dust too.

Words cannot express how happy we were when it was finally done!

Angie and Pete and their fam and Kays were all there cheering us on
it was a big motivation at the end!!

I think i would do a half marathon again...
I would definitely train better though...
and maybe not eat so much 'gu'!