On Saturday, Nov. 13, we ran a half marathon race in Danville, Virginia. We had beautiful weather and the course was beautiful. The course was along a river for most of the race and the fall colors were very pretty. The course started out flat for the first 6.5 miles but after that we hit about 3 miles of major hills. It was tough! I was thankful that we had done so many hills during our training. We were able to pass a lot of people on the hills so that was good. There was no water breaks during the hills so that made it even more difficult for me. I learned my lesson and will be running with a water bottle from now on. Tony was a great inspiration to me. He was strong and I could tell he could have left me if he wanted to. He was feeling much better on the hills than I was. But, he made sure not to get too far ahead and he kept encouraging me and calling out my splits at all the mile markers. If it was not for him, I don't think I would have done as well. We ended up finishing in 1 hr. and 57 mins. We wanted to break 2 hrs. but did not think we could do it because we have been sick for 2 weeks with respiratory colds. We were so excited to break our goal. And better yet, I placed 3rd in my age group and got an award. That was an added bonus. Our friends from church, David and Christina, ran too. Christina did very well and placed 2nd in our age group. She finished 10 minutes ahead of us. David also broke his time goal so it was a good day for all of us.
Tony and I before the race.
Christina and David before the race.
Christina and I placed 2nd and 3rd in our age group (35-39 yr. old). We are showing off our etched
glasses that we won. We were very excited to both place.
A great race and hopefully we can eventually run a marathon together!
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