Indian Summer Half-Marathon

 

 

 

My little sister Marni and I competed in a half-marathon today! When I was hugely pregnant with Jax I started looking for something to compete in that would force me to get back in shape. I found a half-marathon in Richland and called Marni to see if she would be interested in running it with me and she was! The race started at 8am so we were up by 5:30 this morning. Dave and Colt stayed home and my mom drove Marni, me and Jax over to Richland. I fed Jax one last time right before the run and then my mom watched him during our run. It went pretty well, I felt good for most of it and Marni really pushed me to keep the pace pretty fast. Around mile 10 both of us got pretty tired and I was fading fast those last three miles. Marni was a constant chatter box beside me telling me stories and trying to keep my mood positive so I would keep going (of course I would not have stopped but I would have probably ran a lot slower!!). I was so glad when I saw the finish line, both of us ran across it together (well Marni was actually a step in front of me) but we did it in 1 hour and 49 minutes which is about a 8:20 mile pace. We had a goal of finishing in under 2 hours so I was pretty surprised when we got close to the end and we could see the clock. Neither of us had brought our running watches we just decided we would go and run with how we felt. It was sooo much fun (I can say that now that I am finished). We are both a little sore but overall feel good. We are already planning our next run together. My little sister is amazing, if I had not been with her she probably would have run it in 1:45 or less. You got to love her for staying with her old sis and making sure she finished strong!!:)