Hobble Creek Half Marathon

Have you ever done something on a whim?  Something that you never thought, in a million years, that you would do?  Well, I did that.  I signed up for a half marathon with a few days shy of 4 weeks to prepare for it. Then, I ran that half marathon.  I know, I know.... running still makes me really tired.

I started training for the race as much as I could with so little time, but on my second training "long run", I hurt my peroneal tendon and was forced to rest for a week.  After that, I had continuing pain with it and it made me really nervous to run on.  Thankfully it seemed that taping it helped.

They day before the run, I went and picked up my bag and my bib.  Things suddenly got really REAL!!

The morning of the race dawned bright and early, not that I slept very much.  We had to be to the bus at 5:15 am, so I was up and eating at 3:30 am.  All the while thinking, why am I doing this again?

After a short bus ride up the canyon, and two pit stops in a port-a-potty, we prepared ourselves for the task before us.  I say us because I was there with my friend Sara and her husband Jason.

Here we are waiting at the starting line to get running.  Man, I need to work on my posture, I look super chubby in this picture. :)

Here's a photo I managed to snap, around mile 5, of the beautiful scenery.

I also quickly snapped a selfie of Sara and I.

I can honestly say I don't know where my energy and endurance came from.  I felt pretty solid and strong through the whole race, but miles 11 & 12 were definitely a little hard.

And, when I could see the park in my view and I knew somewhere among all those people were my hubby and kids waiting for me, I couldn't wait to be done.

Here I am after finishing.

Sara and I after finishing.

Jason, Sara and I

The beginning of what may become a collection or what may remain as a testament to the one time I did that!