I did it!

Sunday, November 11th I ran my first half marathon. Considering I couldn't run a mile a little over a year ago this was quite a feat. After running the 15K (about 9 miles) on July 4th, I thought that I may be able to do the 13.1 in the half marathon. So after about 4 months of training I did it. It felt awesome and I felt really prepared for it. I was a little sore the next day, but nothing a dip in the hot tub couldn't fix (see next post). The race started at the back gate of the base and went down the strand and finished in IB. Chad and the girls walked me up to the start and then walked down a little ways to wave at the start. The then walked home and stayed for a little bit and got in the car and drove down the strand to the 8 mile marker and got out to wave. I can't tell you how much their cheering helped. They managed to see at a couple more spots before they were cheering at the finish line. Lauren ran with me for a little stretch. There are now thoughts of a marathon, but we will have to wait and see.