Pittsburgh Half Marathon

Back in January my friend, Liz asked me to run the half marathon with her in May.  Up until that day, I was pretty sure that Marathons and the like were ridiculous!  What kind of person in their right mind would ever want to run 13 or 26 miles?  Well, with a little persuasion, I agreed.  Two weeks before the race, I sprained my ankle training.  I was in a boot and then an ankle brace for 2 weeks.  I finally ran 2 miles 3 days before the race just to see how it felt.  I was surprised that it didn't hurt at all.  Needless to say, I decided to run the race!  Liz and I finished in exactly the time we thought we would, 2hr 20min.  (Scary to think that just 20 or 30 more min and Tyson would have finished a full marathon!)  Anyway, I was pretty proud of my accomplishment!  Tired, but proud! (and walking a little funny today!)

 Me with my fan club!  It was fun to see them along the route!

 We are way over on the right.

Still smiling after 13 miles!