Half way

Yesterday I ran longer than I have ever run in my life. THIRTEEN POINT ONE MILES. That's right - a half marathon. Now, we were slated to run 13 this weekend, but there was no way in hell that I was going to run 13 miles and not say that I had run a half marathon. So Mike made sure that his GPS said 13.1 before we stopped. It was a great run and a great day to be running. Every time the sun hit my face, I felt like the running became easier. The last 2 miles or so were pretty tough. I had trouble feeling my legs and felt the only way I could control my pace was determined by how far I leaned forward. However, looking back on it, I think most of the challenge was mental. I was less tired this weekend than I was last weekend, but I was still pretty wiped out.

I would like to take a second to send a shout out to the best running partner in the world - Mike. Last week we decided that we should probably get water belts to take on our runs as they are getting pretty long and we should really be drinking more water. So, we headed over to REI and found a couple of belts in the clearance bin. Well, we decided on one that carries two bottles. You heard it right - we bought one belt with water for both of us to be carried by, you guessed it, Mike. We showed up at the Saturday morning and someone said to me, "wait, I thought you were going to get a water belt." I said, "I did." and pointed to my fantastic husband's waist. Dad, I think that you are to be blamed for me being as spoiled as I am (especially when it comes to being tough in the outdoors) so it's a darn good thing that I found someone that could carry that torch on for ya :)

Oh, and for the record, we ran 13.1 miles at a 10:04 pace for a grand total of 2 hours 12 minutes and 1 second. I feel like I don't even know who I am anymore.