3rd Half Marathon

That time of year has rolled around again.......Third Half Marathon here we come. 
I had registered myself, Teesh, and Sierra to run this but half way through training, Sierra changed her mind so I offered the registration to my friend, Misty. She was training to run this and then her father passed away three days before the race. So, here I sit with a $65 nonrefundable registration. I threw it out to the universe and Hollie, my sister, snatched it up.

The weather wasn't supposed to be great but hey weatherman are wrong  sometimes, right?

Teesh, myself and Corby headed down the evening before to grab our registration packets. They had a picture of the route on the wall. The yellow line is our course. Does that look long to you? It looks long to me, but so exciting at the same time..

We got up at 5:00AM to prepare for our grand adventure. Met Hollie in the parking lot and prepared for the run. Hollie is a much more seasoned runner and began the run with us but quickly found her pace a few hundred yards(or miles) ahead of us. Go Team Hollie, you achieve that personal record, I am back here cheering you on!

The weatherman did not lie. It rained the entire time. It was just awful. Our shoes were drenched, our clothes were drenched. People were suffering from hypothermia and it was just not fun. Teesh and I found laughter amongst the awfulness. We laughed and laughed as we passed people screaming "love is a battlefield" by Pat Benator. Do people just lose their minds after that long of running? apparently so.

Teesh and I stayed together the entire time and crossed the finished line together. Hollie was there to cheer us on. Hollie was shaking so we quickly grabbed a photo and some goodies and headed to the heated car. Before getting to the car, there was a table with Weeks frozen raspberry jam so we grabbed an entire container and bolted. No need worrying our laughing would make us pee ourselves, rain took care of that.

I had to take a picture of me rewarding myself. Joani are you seeing this? This is for you my special friend.

Teesh had our key to the car. She handed it to me and I opened the door, threw the key on the front seat and then locked the door and shut it. Teesh went to open her door only to find it locked. I tried to open my door only to find it locked. What the crap? Laughing hysterically we just stood there wondering what just happened. I am losing it seriously. Hollie drove us to meet Corby on 90th South. We got back to our car and drove straight home. Drenched is not a strong enough word. Every inch of my body was saturated with water.

I wanted more than once to quit but Teesh and I stuck it out and finished. We didn't break any personal records, but we did finish. So proud of Leticia being the trooper she is!