At every water station those are the words we heard "Its the PINK LADIES" We did not set out calling ourselves this but I guess it was inevitable with the pink hats and tops!
So we did it! Simone, Becka, and I ran a half marathon this past Saturday and had a blast! When Simone said she wanted to run her first half I was excited to help her get ready, with little training time and me just having a baby we were a little nervous but it ended up being absolutely great. Simone wanted to try and get a 2:10 for her first and I comitted to getting her in by that, INSTEAD she totally rocked it and we ran a time of 2:04 killing her goal. When we had 3 miles left to go and she was telling me how great she was feeling and speeding up I knew I could have pushed it faster in the beginning. Watch out Simone, now I know how strong you are no mercy next time!
I will say running a half at a good pace makes it a lot of fun. We chatted and told stories the whole time, I am sure we entertained many runners along the way. In fact at one point there was this older man running in front of us and I said, do you like our stories? pretty entertaining huh? He agreed!!!As you can tell from the pictures we had a great time and I can't wait to do another one. I am really glad I comitted to this because after having Blakely and only running on the treadmill I was convinced I hated running, but now I have the running bug back and I am addicted!
After the last half I ran when I was barely pregnant with Blakely I had some serious knee troubles stemmed from IT band problems, while training for this it flared up a few times and I was hoping it would hold out ok, but mile 10 it started to hurt which makes me wonder if I will ever be able to run a full marathon, time will tell. For now I am hoping it will hold out for this Saturdays K-100 where I will be running 9 miles up a mountain, KILL ME NOW! After that I will do the Physical Therapy I need to get it back in tip top shape.
Enjoy the pictures, Becka loves her pictures and made us take a million, which I am glad about now. I think it really captures how much fun we had!
Getting all set to go!
Starting Line
Becka carried her camera the whole time so we had to use it, here is with 3 miles to go!
Not a great picture, but funny! I was running backwards to get a pic!
Finish Line...showing off our cool FOOTstock medals
Me and my Boogie at the Finish Line
The PINK LADIES
YUMMY pancake breakfast to follow!
Of coure we had to get one in our shirts, I can't decide if Becka was more excited for the shirts or the race, ha ha!
7 comments:
of course you look amazing and ran a half marathon only like 6 months after having your baby! wow!
You look UNREAL! Nice work! I wish I was in pink running right along next to you! Missing you!
yay! good for you. Sounds like so much fun. almost makes me want to do one...not yet though. I hope you have fun tomorrow on your full! good luck!
That was the best day ever.....
That was the best day ever.....
You're totally the Pink Ladies! I LOVE LOVE LOVE a half marathon. It's my favorite distance by far. So fun. I'm glad you've got the bug back. Treadmill's are the worst! You need good friends and good stories for sure! I ran the wasatch back this weekend and saw all your sisters. I have to say I was kind of missing the all girl team, but doing it with my husband was way fun too. It was HARD. I had leg 9. A killer. Whitney wants me to pace her on her wasatch 100. I can't wait. I still can't believe she's doing it. CRAZY!! Anyway, you guys look like you had a blast!
Wow way to go! You really do look amazing. I know you always say your family has "the crazy" for running and stuff, but I am getting very convinced that you have it too!
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