i am in this awesome bootcamp with about 10 other girls...super fun...love, love, love it. we meet 3 mornings a week @ 5:15...EARLY! but no choice...we have to be back home before the hubbies leave for work :) i love having my workout finished by the time the kids wake up. anyways. around mid-january, one of the girls in bootcamp suggested we do a 5K together as a group. fun, right? i had never run that far in my whole life i am pretty sure. but i did it and really liked it. we then decided we would sign up for a 10K (6-ish miles) as a group. but that never happened. instead, in early february, the same girl sent an email that said "how about we do a half marathon?". WHAT?!?!??! she found one that was being held in clear lake on march 27th. sh*t. i had emery's party that day! invites were already printed. that is how close we were to the event!!! yikes. but i am not one to say no :)
so to sum up, the five of us that decided to do it had 6 weeks to get ready. we met on sunday mornings for our long runs. we had perfect weather for every training run....50 degrees...low humidity. the runs were so easy. but mother nature threw us a huge curve ball. race day temp was like 80 degrees and 150% humidity. for realz. it. was. brutal. to say the least.
but we did it :) never stopped. kept our pace. almost died doing it. we finished right at 2:06. we were really happy with our time given the circumstances. 3 of us came in right together...cursing the whole way to the finish! i was #21/134 in my age group. not bad for my first one, huh? i will be doing another one in the fall. and then...dare i even say...i will attempt a marathon. eeeek!!!!!
oh- and that marathon will be during the WINTER and in DALLAS!!!!!!!!!
3 of us crossing the finish line!
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