Fabulous, gorgeous, wonderful weekend!
On Friday night, we headed to Arlington for the Cowtown Half Marathon!
Saturday was a long day, but we had a blast! I didn’t sleep very well all weekend because Addison didn’t sleep very well all weekend. She woke up several times in the middle of the nights and probably didn’t know where she was. Nonetheless, she was the happiest baby in the world all weekend.
After the Marathon Expo on Saturday, we went to dinner with Mucka, Aunt Lori, Lauren and the Geislers. On The Border has the best pina coladas I’ve ever had.
Sunday morning, we had to leave the house at 5:25! We got to the race early and went to their church service.
I started getting a bit nervous and anxious about this time. I was exhausted because of the night interruptions from Addison and I was second guessing if I was really prepared for this or not. Since having Addison, I ran a 10 mile race in October and did an 11 mile training run with dad and Kasey three weeks ago.
I love the energy everyone has at a race! Some people are already running to ‘warm up’ before the race. I think that’s stupid. You won’t find me running before I leave to run a half marathon.
Most people are bouncing around, trying to stay warm and to calm their nerves.
Turns out, we just take pictures!! I am so thankful the Geislers came out with us that morning early-early to take these pictures for us!
Mom and jimmy stayed with Addison and they came out later! They were able to see us cross the finish line!
Once again, Addison was a trooper! We are certainly blessed with a wonderful baby!
Here I am, crossing the 13 mile mark! I can see the finish line and I was thrilled! There is something about seeing the finish line that gives me a huge burst of energy. I forgot I just ran that far and I started sprinting to the end!
I ran with Dad and Kasey for about 8 1/2 miles. My ankles were burning pretty bad. I finally decided that I needed to just run as fast as I could and finish the race as soon as possible or else I wasn’t going to make it. Once I started picking up the pace, I began to realize that I could possibly beat my time from the Houston Half in January 2010. I really used the downhill parts to pick it up. The closer I got, the more excited I got, thinking I could beat my own time. It almost became a game to me to finish as fast as I could.
I crossed at 2:16 min (gun time). My actual time was 2:10!!! I beat my time from last year’s half by about 6 minutes! (Of course, this year, I wasn’t pregnant!)
I am so thankful we have so many people who love us enough to come out and cheer us on so early in the morning!
Addison may be the only person who didn’t understand what the heck she was doing out in the chilly wind.
Even though running a half marathon is one of the hardest things I have done, it is a blast!!!
I am thinking of searching the internet to find another one that is soon. I want to beat 2:10!
Today, I am taking off. I just dropped baby at the babysitter’s house and I am about to run errands and chill out. A day off is definitely needed after a day like yesterday!!
