One of my main reasons to go up to Washington the end of June/beginning of July was to run in the Seattle Rock N Roll half marathon. I had signed up for this race when Chloe was only 2 months old and figured it would be good motivation to get back in shape! Unfortunately I couldn't predict that the month before this race my kids would have croup, I would get mastitis TWICE, and have a vacation to Disneyland thrown in there also. Needless to say I was not nearly as prepared as I should have been for this race! I had only trained up to 8 miles. And only got 3 hours of sleep the night before.
Even though I was in tears by mile 13 due to exhaustion and pain.... I would still do this race again some day (just next time with a lot more training).
My dad is in awesome shape and ran with me the whole time. We started off the day by 4:30 a.m. leaving the house. We parked and ended up having to walk 3 miles to the starting line (not planned on!) and ended up missing the corral we were supposed to start with. The weather was perfect (temps in the 60s) and I was feeling great for the first 9 miles. The course went along Lake Washington, across a bridge, through a tunnel, and down a freeway ramp into Seattle. Not to mention the bands every couple of miles and the thousands of people running and cheering on the runners - it was definitely an experience to remember.
Here are some awesome pictures we took! Since I knew my time wasn't going to be good - I just concentrated on enjoying the experience and having as much fun as you can running 13 miles when you aren't in shape. We even stopped to take pictures around mile 9! I've never been so glad to see a finish line of a race.....
It might take me a little while to work up to another half marathon - but I'm determined to run this race again and get closer to my goal time! Thanks Dad for pushing me to finish!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Seattle Rock N Roll Half Marathon
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I think just signing up for a race like this is admirable, let alone finishing (no matter how long it takes)! Way to go. I think it's awesome you got to do it with your dad, too!
Don't beat yourself up, you did it. I know I couldn't have done it.
What a great memory you and your Dad now have.
I'm jealous...i said I was gonna run the pioneer day marathon a few months ago and then just realized today that I missed it...haha
I'm in awe that people run ...for fun. Good job completing it.
The only thing cooler than you doing a half-marathon with little training is doing it with your Dad. You two are my heroes.
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