So proud of Melissa, who has never run in her life. She finished despite finding out she had a genetic childhood knee deformity which will not allow her run long distances. She finished in 3 hours, but had to walk her last 5 miles. She was in severe pain.
So folks, I finally did it. We completed our first 1/2 Marathon this morning. It was a cold start, but turned out to be a beautiful morning. Our run started in Oro Valley, a picturesque town outside of Tucson. After 12 weeks of training, we were so prepared to do this race. We had to be at the buses by 5 am, which meant waking up at 3:30 am to leave Vail at 4:00 am. It has been a long day, but so worth everything we went through to train. My unofficial time was 2 hours, 9 minutes which was really good for me. Rene finished much sooner than I did. All in all, we were smokin'! We plan to do our next 1/2 in November of 2012 in San Antonio (Rock n Roll Marathon). I hope all my running friends from San Antonio can join us. Overall, this marathon had it's issues. I was not happy about having to wait in the cold for 1 1/2 hours, running on the streets for most of the race and then finishing with a 2 mile incline. The positive aspects were that the weather and scenery were great, and it was very organized. Had a great time, and can't wait to do it again.
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