Another Half Marathon in the books...

What a beautiful day for a nice long walk!  Yesterday's half marathon was pretty amazing.  The weather was perfect, the course was absolutely georgeous.  It was a great place to do some sight seeing...which I tried to do to some extent haha but it slowed me down. I certainly did not do what I had hope to do during this training process but there were accomplishments by some great ladies that could not have made me more proud. All the ladies I was with were doing their first half marathon.  Oh my were they nervous, excited, and so anxious.  I knew just how they felt. 

We had a few runners with us...Susan, who has been in our wellness program at work, since the beginning; she's had an amazing year.  To top it all off, she was expecting to walk the entire 13.1 miles INSTEAD she ran the first 10 miles and walked the rest!  Wow, absolutely amazing! 

Then there is Maritza who stood at the start line with her coat and backpack on saying that she was going to walk; she didn't think she could run it.  I demanded she give me her coat and backpack and get up there next to my friend Wendy and just take off with her.  Well that's what she did and she ran straight through and finished in 2 hrs and 25 minutes.

Wendy did pretty awesome as well! She ran across the finish line right into her new husband and kids in just over 2 hrs and 46 minutes. 

Walking was Ania, Jennifer, and myself.  Ania has been participating in our wellness program since the beginning and Jenn is a friend of mine.  The walk was long hard and painful but they finished well. 

I am sure that if you asked any one of these ladies if they would do it again they would say no....this week.  Ask next week and see what they say.

After it was all over everyone was wearing their pretty blue glass medals proudly!  We didn't get a picture at the end because all phones died haha...that's how long it was, but thats ok.  It was perfect, absolutely perfect and I feel so blessed that I was able to share a first half marathon experience with these awesome ladies!

Great Job Ladies!

I am so excited for you all!

Your hard work paid off!