Who Knew?

On June 9th I ran my very first half marathon! My sister Wendi signed up to run in a while ago but ended up going on a cruise instead. I week or two before the race I decided, what the heck, I will run her race. I hadn't trained for it at all but if it was already paid for I might as well burn some calories, right? I have tried twice in the past to train and run half marathons but both times I got sick the week of the race and couldn't run. I had never run more that eight miles straight before in my life and that had even been two years ago. I was expecting to walk a good chunk of my race. Well I started off running and never stopped! I ran it in 2 hours and 15 minutes which is about 30 minutes faster than I had been hoping! Because I crossed the finish line at an unexpected time there was no one to cheer me on or take a picture so this picture taken before the race is the only one I have. I am sure that the only reason why I could run the whole way was because it was nearly all down hill. Thank goodness! I didn't do much the rest of the day because I was tired and my knees were killing me so I just relaxed. What a good day! Thanks Wendi for letting run your race!