I did it. 6 months have passed.
It's surreal to think of now, as I dwindled and became rather sedentary.
Regardless, NOTHING can take away the fact that I trained and accomplished my goal of running and walking 13.1 miles.
Fellow Flowers swag from the pre-race expo... a splurge for me.
The symbolism behind this color summed up my race.
Fellow Flowers made sure that even the last women across the line had a cheering section.
Ready to run 13.1!
Pre-raise pampering compliments of Her Madison and their sponsors.
Gorgeous route along the lake.
I'm not sure which lake, Madison has a few of them.
Just when I was getting exhausted, my family met me at mile 9!!!!
The only race they had ever gone to before was my first very 5k, the one in which I ran in front of our yard, the then-baby still asleep, and hubs and the older two cheered from the yard. It was so convenient to have that one go through our neighborhood. Needless to say, having them with me was
HUGE. We live over an hour away, so we stayed in a hotel the night before.
Pre-finish celebration... the end was in sight.
These friends met me. 2 of them, who grew up with my husband and his family and are like family themselves, picked me up at the hotel so my family could come later.
J and L did the 5k and met me at the finish line with my family and also B, who finished ahead of me.
B, the tie-dyed gal is one of those infamous internet friends... we met through a mutual friend, my former running buddy from down South. She ran a half marathon every month in 2016...
I am jealous of all the cool destinations she went to.
6 months have passed already.
With the New Year, I'm looking back at what I did and forward to what to do this year.
