Ran Austin

Well, it feels good to officially be a half marathon finisher! Never thought that would be something I wanted to accomplish but am glad to know I can do it! Training for 15 weeks give or take helped immensely. And when people mention the hills in Austin, they are NOT kidding. Those things were ginormous at times! I saw a few of them when we were driving around town the two nights before the half marathon but not knowing how many and what was around the corner helped a lot. I'm not sure if I could do it again now that I know how big those hills are and the fact that one of the biggest hills comes up in mile 12 doesn't help either! However, the weather was beautiful (sunny and a nice 45 degrees) and the scenery was enjoyable. Josh was the perfect running partner. He's having some IT band issues and got a cortisone shot on Thursday before the race just so he could run with me. Apparently it didn't help any but he didn't complain unless I asked him about it. He's quite the pleasing husband! And on mile 5 when my head phones broke he took his off and gave them to me. Fantastic Valentine's day gift if I do say so myself! We loved seeing my parents, our boys, my brother and sister-in-law and their two girls at mile 8 at the top of a friendly hill! That was a nice treat! And we finished in 2 hours 10 minutes which made me happy. Don't know if I could ever run 13.1 more miles to complete a marathon but I never thought I would run this many either. The idea of turning around at the finish line and re-tracing our steps is a little daunting! So glad I was only doing the half when we split off from the marathoners! Who knows...maybe next year!