Another half marathon in the books! This one was kind of special to me for a few reasons:
- my very first half marathon was the Urban Cow five years ago. I had trained hard for it and my time was 2:49:53
- this race had a huge turnout with women from my run club. It was great seeing so many running the course as well as cheering us along. I almost always had someone to run with.
- As always, I was tired at the end. Another woman from my club was near me and she was running her first half. I ran with her all the way in for the last mile. We pushed each other for the final stretch. As a result, I ended up with the time 2:49:09!!! A new PR by 44 seconds!! HA!! Five years later and 15 pounds heavier. I am pretty proud of this accomplishment.
My friend Mindy ran this and I was able to keep up with her for a little while. It looks like the cow is eating my head!
another friend of mine, LoriDawn, and I ran together for a while as well. She and I were run buddies for her first half marathon at Peace, Love, Run back in March. We found each other around mile eight and ran together until around mile eleven.
Pizza celebration with some of the gang after.
The group shot of all the runners from our run club. I think we had about 120!
