Ocean's Run 13.1 Results!

I know it's been a while since the last post; busy is the word lately. The kids are back in school and my jobs are keeping me straight out right now. But, we had been running at least once a week to keep pace and ready for our half marathon. For each of the past two weeks we ran at least once, 10 miles was our maximum.

So, yesterday's half marathon was fun! It was challenging, but fun. We finished in 2:12 - slower than I had wanted, but we finished pretty strong nonetheless. 

 The three of us, just seconds before the race started.

It was a beautiful morning; cool and sunny. Cady and I ran with my friend Dave Cartwright, who actually pushed Cady at least half the time. Dave has been running a lot longer than me, so having him as a partner was great. Thanks Dave. Thanks, too, to Kathy Robbins. Kathy is the race director/owner of TRIMOM races, the organization that put the Ocean's Run together (http://www.trimomprod.com/). Thanks to her, we were able to run right in the pack with everyone else - it was much more fun than starting ahead of the other runners.

Cady seemed to enjoy almost the entire run. Around mile 10 she started cry. We figured she might be cold, so we pulled off to the side and bundled her up in a beach towel I brought. After that she was fine. There were a few inconsiderate jerks: one girl at mile 9 told us rather coldly that we shouldn't be running with 'that stroller', as if she had some kind of say in the matter. Apparently, she thought we were trying to qualify for some kind of USATF event. Whatever. Not long after that, a guy driving a Jeep absolutely refused to yield to all of us that were running together -  he actually moved closer to us instead of steering his vehicle into the left lane. He even put his hands up in the air, as if we weren't supposed to be on 'his' road. We all thought he was a ... you know what. Besides that, everything else was fine.

 I was so happy that Kelly came with the kids to see us! This is Kiefer watching us approach the finish line.

We have one last race I'd like to run in this season - the Newport Amica/United Health half marathon. I think Dave will be running again with us. I hope John will be able to, also (he pulled his calf a couple days prior to Sunday). Again, we'd love some company. If you'd like to run with us, just let me or Kelly know.

Thanks for reading.

Corey