13.1

Wooooohooooo!!!!!! I can finally cross something off of my New Year's resolutions list that has been on there for three years: Running a half marathon!

Tricia and I signed up for it in the beginning of June, but since I'm an idiot I didn't start really training for it until two weeks ago. Yup - two weeks. Idiot? Yes. But in the end, I made it! And I definitely couldn't do it with my brother Brad running right beside me. Since Tricia got injured and couldn't run the half, Brad stepped up and said he would do it with me. Though Brad is a much faster runner, he ran the whole way with me. He was always saying that I needed to go my own pace and to not let him try to pressure me. Even when my back was aching and I needed to walk, did he complain or try to tell me to start running again? Nope. Awesome brother? Check.

AND when I was having major issues with part of my costume and needed to scavenge for discarded pants on the side of the road (like a hobo), he stood in front of me while I quick-changed so the other runners couldn't see me. Or the man who was watching the runners just standing off to the side. Haha.

All in all, awesome weekend. Tricia and I carbo-loaded at Brick Oven (awesome). After quite the ordeal of actually getting into our hotel room, we fell asleep to 'Whose line is it Anyway' only to wake up at 5:30 AM to meet Brad and get on our buses. Only to find out that we would wait in our car for another three hours, and THEN get on the bus to get to the start. But we did have some great entertainment. We watched this, and this (obviously)since I was a party rocker for my costume. Well, half of one. Since I ditched my leopard print leggings at about mile 1.

But, like I said. Very fun race, and fun to do it with family and to just hang out with them for the weekend! I'm thinking that another half-marathon is in my near future - let's just hope that I actually train for it this time!