so here it goes.
On August 6th, the ladies that are part of the running group on base convinced me to sign up for a half marathon. (okay, actually, in true women fashion, the kicker was that the first 100 people got a "free" shirt)....never mind that the registration was $30, it was a "Dri-fit Training Shirt"!! So in a moment of some form of IMPULSE shopping, I dug out my credit card and registered online.
and then for a week I was walking around thinking....
WHAT
HAVE
I
DONE??!!
So anyway....here are my August and September stats as I ramped up the mileage and trained for the 1/2.
We did a couple of races to get us ready for competition -
On September 1st - I did the Two Lovers Point race. It was 8.6 miles.
The following Sat. was the 9.11 run (*9.11K - is about 5.6 miles)
and then, the runs that are the most fun - the relay race,
THE BEAST
Our team of 10 ladies had a great time spending the day together,
encouraging each other -
laughing -
sucking wind (that was me)
and leaving a little of ourselves all over the island of Guam.
(runners will get that, others, maybe you will have to think about it)
I love these ladies and how SMOKIN' HOT they are in make-up and heels,
but what I love the most about them is when they are pushing themselves to the limit.
they are
STRONG
they are
POSITIVE
they are
FUN
they
NEVER GIVE UP!
My favorite thing to say in our group is:
"Well behaved women seldom make history!" (*by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
We came in second in the female division and 11th or 12th overall.
(for some reason, I can't open the links?)
I don't know, someone tell me our time! (*results - click here)
Here are some photos from the day!
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| Erin's rainbow! |
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| Emily - smoking the men |
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| Jane |
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| hand off to Diane |
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| Jaime coming out of the MUDDY jungle leg |
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| hand off to Emily |
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| Emily had a tough hill, but of course, she smoked it! |
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| Tough second leg for Erin too - I think of all the morning legs of the race - she had the most sun (not a good thing!) |
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| the two with the biggest smiles are DONE! Good job Emily and Erin |
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| Lisa had a hot second leg too....good job! |
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| Lisa to Tricia - these ladies, for real - they ROCK! |
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| We think Shea was trying to beat the car she BOOKED down this hill |
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| Hand off of LEG 20 - the last one! Jaime kicked it in to home for the 2nd place victory! |
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| (left to right - Lisa, Sara, Shea, Diane, Emily, Tricia, Erin, Jaime and Melda) |
The only bummer of the whole day is that we never got a picture of all 10 of us together.
Of course, during the race, one person was always running - and after the race - we had one member (Jane) who had already gone home to attend her son's soccer game.
But aside from that one issue, the day was AWESOME!
(*oh yeah, the half marathon, Sunday, October 14th....
of the ladies above,
I think the five on the left are all doing it too -
looking forward to running alongside (okay, BEHIND) these ladies on Sunday!)
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