My friend Erika and I trained for the Charlottesville, VA Half Marathon. Saturday was our big race! What a perfect day to run 13.1 miles :) The weather was beautiful, the run through the countryside was gorgeous, and we finished our race without stopping! We both were a little nervous when we learned this course was rated one of the steepest courses. It was difficult to train during the winter, but I am so glad we did. It was definitely worth it.
Here we are before the race...6:30am and looking our finest!
Our Cheerleaders! They were troopers to drop us off so early!
Ready for the race to begin!
We did it! We survived the hills!!
p.s. I LOVE CHARLOTTESVILLE!!!!!!! What an adorable city!
p.s.s. I will not be running a marathon...EVER!!
p.s. I LOVE CHARLOTTESVILLE!!!!!!! What an adorable city!
12 comments:
Congratulations! I am so proud of you both. I love the before and after pictures...you look amazing!
How awesome! Congrats to both of you and great job!!
And to think I got to be part of history. Just another proof that Cougars Don't Cut Corners! Well done Michele. I'm proud!
swell maggot! :)
Yeah for Smesh! Good job!!! I am so proud of you. I wish I could have been there to cheer you on! It was great to talk to you today! I love you lots and cannot wait to see you in June!
I am still in awe that you accomplished this! Well done! :)
Oh my goodness! You're a warrior! Way to go!
Did you know my sister lives in Charlottesville? She loves it too :) Way to go on running 13 LONG miles!
I am so proud of you and jealous at the same time! I am sort of training for the Wasatch Back race that is a 180-mi. 12-man relay race from Logan to Park City that I'm doing in June with Andrew's fam. I'm a little worried, but glad to hear that I'm not the only one out running! Way to go--you are an inspiration to me!!
i just saw erika's blog post and got serious dejavu when i saw yours. congrats!
Haha, I sooooo know what you mean when you say you'll never run a full. I'm with you there. But congrats, I'm impressed you did it again!
Congrats Michele! Although I do have to say I'm a little disappointed in your comment about not running a full, ever...I think you should give it a try!
i agree with the marathon thing! i ran one and i'm pretty sure it was my last. i love half marathons, they are the perfect distance to me.
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