Helvetia Half

That's me #530, with the black shorts, and legs that didn't get as skinny as I would have hoped after all that training. People were sprinting in the end, I just was hoping not to trip and fall, since my legs were soo tired!

done and ready for the hot tub....

So I did it.... I ran my half marathon.....and it was so fun and I finished without having to crawl over the finish line. I went with my friend and neighbor Jen, and her friend Kristin, which was helpful since I'm a novice and they had both run Helvetia before. It is so pretty and surprisingly the hills weren't too bad. The weather was overcast and perfect. Mike and the kids were cheering me on at the finish line, even though I didn't see them....it was so loud in the stadium. My mom also came, and that was fun. I got to eat a Helvetia Burger after, (garden... much to Mike's disappointment.)

The night before Cade and London were asking me about it, and I was giving them all the details, they asked me if I was going to win...no...if I had to pay....yes....how long it was going to take....a long time....how many people would be there....etc. Cade was so funny, because I said, "I don't get why you want to pay to run in a race when you already know you're gonna lose." We talked about setting goals, etc. But later he was so cute, because he said mom you have to go to bed and get some sleep for your race. So, Mike was at the stadium like an hour before I finished, so they did get to see all the winners and they thought it was soo cool. After I finished, Cade said "can I run with you next time, I'm gonna do the 10K", and all that evening, he was running around the house with no shirt on, but he tucked it into the back of his shorts, just like he had seen some of the finishers, very funny! Anyone that wants to come do it next year is invited, it's such a pretty run, and you get to eat a burger at 10am! Oh and a beer garden, if that entices anyone that early in the morning.....