13.1 miles - What a great run today! The Drake Relays 1/2 marathon. Dainna and I ended up chatting until about midnight cause we had so much catching up to do. Then there was the craziest and loudest thunderstorm ever in the middle of the night. Wow.. it was a doozy. love that kind of storm, but mostly when I don't have to get up early to run 13 miles. ;-) Dainna and I walked to the starting line and did some "faux" stretching to look like we fit the part with all the other runner "wannabes". I tell you what, there is definitely a scene for this type of road race. ha. ha. Good people watching. We had a great start to the run and I was feeling fabulous. Dainna was as well and we kept on pace for a 10 min mile until about mile 9. That was about the time Dainna hit her wall and felt a bit dehydrated. Something about that recent trip to Mexico kicked in. :-) But we powered through and still made it through in about 2 hours 2o min or so. Then it was home for a nap. Ha. My first 1/2 marathon. Feels different than a marathon and it was interesting the people that we kept playing tortoise and the hare with, back and forth. Even better was the finish line when there was a woman racing us. Oh, the adrenaline rush! Go Team! Incidentally, my race number was the year that I last ran a marathon... 1995! Cool stuff.
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