1/2 Marathon Junky

As you all know Steve and I ran the Ogden ½ Marathon on Saturday! I carried our camera to document some of the highlights of the run but upon completion and returning home our camera is out of commission still holding the pictures safely inside. (I hope) So you will have to use your imagination. I talked Kris and Emili into running with me because I hate running by myself and in the first five seconds of the race they both left me in the dust, so I turned to my only other companion, the ipod, only to discover that it had locked up and refused to play any of my music that I had so carefully selected for the run. So the first stretch, which happened to be uphill, was a little more painful than I had hoped.

But the aid stations every two miles were awesome—it was almost like a 13 mile buffet, there was fruit, gum, drinks (I could have used something a little stronger), cinnamon bears, taffy, granola bars, wow!. I was afraid to eat too much, for fear I would be stuck in the port a potty for 20 min. so I began stockpiling stuff in my fanny pack. I did at one point try to eat a gummy bear and almost died on the trail. The little sucker slipped back into my throat so I was coughing and sputtering for a good ¼ mile!! My time ended up being 2 hours and 21 min. Steve did great, coming in at 1 hr 42 min, and being the sweet husband that he is came back to find me and ran the last mile with me, right when I really needed someone. I was starting to use profanity and wondering why in the H _ _ _ I would every run 13 miles, when we finally crossed the finish line, and I felt great. I will run the Ogden ½ again. I loved it not only because of the great food but because running 13 miles gives you such a high. That is my 3rd ½ marathon and I hope to run at least 20 more!!!