Dan and Anne came to visit us the first weekend in March. They came down so Anne could run the Phoenix Marathon. I did the Phoenix Half Marathon so I could pretend to be half as tough as Anne. After my last half two years ago I decided I would never do one again. It was hard and I was miserable. I was so tired and at the end I threw up and was sick for the rest of the day. I decided to try again because Anne talked me into it. Thankfully Anne knows what she's doing when it comes to running and she gave me a lot of very helpful advice. I was able to run the whole thing, I walked quite a bit the time before. Also, I did not throw up afterwards. That was a major bonus. I also did the whole thing 2 minutes faster than my previous race.
Anne did her very first full marathon. She was amazing! Her goal was to finish in 4 1/2 hours and her final time was 4:29:12. It was fun to be able to finish my race and then go cheer her on at various spots on the course. My final time for my race was 2:18:35. Anne's average minutes per mile for her whole marathon was many seconds faster than mine. Maybe one day I can be as cool as she is.
We love having Dan and Anne come and visit. We may have to make this a yearly tradition.
2 comments:
I am so glad that you said we should make this a yearly tradition.....I just registered for next year.
It was a blast and we love coming to visit.
That is AMAZING!! I have only done a 5k but hoping to up it to a 10k. I can't imagine a half marathon. I look up to you, like you look up to Anne!! If only I can be half the runner you are!! You ROCK!!
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