Salty's 1/2 marathon

I don't have any pictures to post (yet), but I want to blog about the 1/2 marathon I ran this morning, while it's still fresh in my mind.

I am sick and on antibiotics for a sinus infection, so that part kind of sucks. I've been taking sudaphed and that makes a world of difference. Originally Ryan and I signed up to run this together, but he sprained his ankle playing softball a few weeks ago, so he had to back out. When I got sick, it would have been easy to back out as well, but after placing so poorly in the bikini competition, I felt like I needed to do this for myself ~ kind of to build my self confidence back up.

Ryan packed the van with our portable DVD player this morning, and took his study materials to hopefully get some studying done with the kids in the van while I ran (that never panned out). I wanted a cinnamon roll at the finish line, so he went and got that and got the kids some breakfast.

My plan was just to run the race and see how it goes. When it was time to begin (@ 8:30) I was toward the front, the only woman in a sea of men. As we took off, I noticed that I was keeping up pretty well with the men at the front. I continued that pace throughout the entire race. I maintained my lead until the last two miles when a really tall red haired lady over took my lead. I passed her once, but she passed me again and I couldn't force myself to pass her again. So I finished 2nd with a time of 1 hour 44 min. and 34 sec.

Ryan passed me in the van as I was finishing my last block before the finish line. The kids got to see me finish the race. When I realized at the beginning of the race that I had a chance at doing well, I kept thinking that I wanted to show my kids what all of the training has been for. I wanted them to see their mom win. I'm not bitter that I didn't win, there was just nothing else I could give. I feel great about how well I did. And they're proud of me.

We got some finisher pictures with my commemorative Salty's crab with our whole family. I'll post them when I get them. My cinnamon roll was still warm when I ate it in the car. I feel so blessed to have a husband who is so supportive and lets me live out my dreams.