Last race/run of the season!

Ahhh - what a nice feeling to have the last real run of the year over and what an awesome year it has been!

I did City of Oaks Half Marathon today (Sunday) and just enjoyed the run. I must admit, I felt pretty whimpy just doing the half - I know, don't tell me, a half is a good distance, it's not whimpy... I know.

I had signed up for the full and the something kicked in at the end of this week and I just got sick. John had it first so I guess kissing my little germ factories didn't help me to stay well.

So anyway, I had to go to packet pick-up and down-grade my registration. I know it was the right thing to do but man that was hard. It does make me feel better that my training program for the Myrtle Beach Marathon in February actually started today and it called for a 13mile run so at least I stuck to that.

The run was super fun! I wore my green SkirtSports Footloose Dress (green is the official marathon color) and 2 strands of beads representing last years race and this year along with a tiara. In addition, I made some rocking arm-warmers that drew some comments. I had to opt for the hat b/c the tiara and sunglasses was too much stuff behind my ears. I gave out lots of Skirt Entourage cards with my Discount Code (REBECCAW) to some sassy women at the race.

I don't know what my time was but I think it was somewhere around 2:06 which isn't a PR but I was supposed to be just doing a long run so that's fine with me.
It was pretty cool to finish the race and get to see the fast guys. About 20 minutes after I finished the 1st place finishers of the full 26.2 mile distance were coming in so I took a picture with them. He didn't think Christine and I were as cool as we thought he was.

So I'm pooped! Between last weekends ultramarathon, this week getting an allergy attack or something and a half-marathon, I'm ready to hit the gym and recover a bit.