WE DID IT!!!

Clint and I accomplished our biggest goal of 2010, and that was to run another marathon. Clint did his first one in 1997 and I did my first one in 1998. Neither of us has run one since. We decided we were finally ready to do it again. We started training in April of this year with the Milwaukee Galloway group -- every Saturday we had group training runs. It was a great program -- and alot of fun for the most part. The long runs got tougher each time, but we did it. And this past Sunday was the marathon. We had a gorgeous day -- perfect marathon running weather. Other than a train at the beginning of the marathon, we didn't really have anything that held us back. I used 2 port-a-potties along the route. The event was very well organized with water/gatoraid stops every couple of miles and port-a-potties. We did the first 1/2 quicker than the second 1/2 -- but we stuck to our training of doing 1 minute walk 1 minute run the entire way. And at the end we ran as fast as we could to the finish line :) We finished in 5:45:30. My biggest goal in my head was to do it in under 6 hours. I was happy. And I also did not want to be last. Well there were still people crossing the finishing line at 6:30 -- so we were not last. I ended up #1846 out of 1903 people. ok not great, but still NOT LAST. Woohooo.

I'm proud of us :)