Kristin and I ran the 1/2 marathon at the Denver Marathon on Sunday, October 19. I was so thankful that Kristin supported me in this crazy adventure. Neither one of us had run a half before. We thought we were crazy going into the race; I realized how undermined that craziness was when we hit mile 11. That's when I said to Kristin, "I'm ready!" "Ready for what?" she asked. "To be done!!!" It was more of a mental test than a physical one--and one I'd unfortunately like to do again! How about a full marathon, you ask? Hell no. Thirteen point one miles is puh-lenty far. We did just better than our goal of 10 minute miles and crossed the finish line in 2 hours and 10 minutes.
The boys, our girls and Maddie were at the last 400 yards of the race cheering us on. Maddie made outfits for the girls--nothing could have inspired us more to kick it in as hard as we could for those last few strides. Thank you, fans!!!
This picture was taken by Maddie when we saw the girls in their supportive shirts. Yes, we are still smiling! Apparently the election is getting to my head--notice the goofball thumbs-up sign I'm giving!
Big medal winners!
Tater Tot and Mar at Dixon's for post-running benedicts and bloodies!
