We headed to Charlotte last Friday to meet up with Tracey and Asheton. We enjoyed our dinner at Maggiano's on Friday night and Tracey and I ran in the Thunder Road, Amica Insurance Half Marathon on Saturday! Saturday morning came early, the race started at 7:50. It was also the coldest morning of the season...about 15 degrees colder than any other morning I've run outside. When we started the race the temperature was around 28 degrees...COLD!!! We ran the first ten miles without walking, then walked a little during the last three miles. We both finished in 2 hours and 10 minutes. We had a blast and want to do it again! Thanks Tracey for keeping me motivated and helping me through my first half marathon! Thanks to our hubbys for cheering us on!
Dinner at Maggiano's
They weren't running in the race...can you tell?
Ready to run...ready for the cold!
At the start
LOTS of runners!
Us in the middle waving...
running...
Finishing!!!
Clock time was 2:13...our chip times were 2:10
Glad to be done and oh so tired!
Jon and Asheton were not supposed to be this close to the finish. Jon thinks our camera and his computer bag made them look like press so no one asked them to move. Good for us because we got good pictures right at the finish line!
Fun times!
Our supportive husbands with the sign they made while we were running!
Ready to run...ready for the cold!
At the start
LOTS of runners!
Us in the middle waving...
running...
Glad to be done and oh so tired!
Jon and Asheton were not supposed to be this close to the finish. Jon thinks our camera and his computer bag made them look like press so no one asked them to move. Good for us because we got good pictures right at the finish line!
Fun times!
Our supportive husbands with the sign they made while we were running!
2 comments:
Very impressed Leigh! Congrats!
Congratulations!! Nothing like jumping into a half-marathon for a first race! (When I told Mark you were running a half in Charlotte, he immediately said Thunder Road. Funny the things he knows!)
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