Richmond Half Marathon

In August, Aunt Sissy and I signed up to run the Richmond Half Marathon. I have always wanted to run one, and run the Rock n' Rock Half Marathon in Virginia Beach, but it is held on Labor Day weekend and it seems that we always have something going on that weekend - family reunion, wedding shower, family picnic, etc. So, my co-worker convinced me to sign up for the Richmond Half-Marathon - cool! So I joined a mom's group to train with and devoted my Saturday mornings to train for this run. The longest I've ever ran is 10 miles in the Cherry Blossom 10-miler in Washington DC.

So...Race Day. The weather cooperated wonderfully! It was raining the day before and they were calling for rain the day of. I was really sick the week of so I didn't get a last long run in and my energy was a little low, but I decided I was still going to run (even in the rain) and just suck it up. Daddy and Uncle Dave dropped me and Aunt Sissy off at the race and they went to a diner for breakfast and then came back to the race to watch us run over the finish line.

I started out running strong and averaged about a 10-minute mile, which is a good pace for me. I was also able to find my co-worker (the one who convinced me to sign up for the race) and we ended up running together, which in the end, was my saving grace! At about mile 10 my legs felt like lead sticks. It was awful. I think I would have stopped and walked if it wasn't for Tina (my co-worker). She definitely pulled me through the race and I survived!!! I finished in 2 hours and 23 minutes and 40 seconds. Ask me if I'll run one again....HELL NO!!! Yes, I am able to cross 'running a half marathon' off my Bucket List, but it wasn't fun. I think I'm going to stick with 10k-and-less runs...

Landon, Daddy and Uncle Dave at the Diner.

Watching the runners...where's Mommy???

Go Mommy Go!!!

Go Aunt Sissy!