We did it!
Back in November Aaron and I started training for a half marathon. At the beginning we did so good with our running. We would head to the gym and use the fabulous free child care while we ran in the movie cinema. Or we would load them all up in our two jog strollers and run around Town Lake.
Then January 12 happened.
Everything stopped for us. From January 12 to February 13 I ran 7 times, hurt my back and started feeling my knee pain again.
BUT on February 14th we did it. We finished 13.1 miles. I was wishing for under 2:10 but was knowing that realistically it would be more around the 2:15 range. Well, with the help of Staci and Whitney in the last two miles, I finished in 2:11. Yippee!
I have a huge desire to run a full marathon, but honestly I think people that run for 26 miles are crazy! 🙂 When I was in Orlando the weekend before the earth quake I loved watching everyone finish the full marathon. People were crying as they crossed the finish line. They looked so overjoyed and it was so inspiring.
I want to feel that.
I want to accomplish that.
But with four small children I'm not sure I can. There is full marathon on my calendar in October. In fact I have already put a training schedule on my calendar and it starts in June! I love training schedules. I just sometimes hate completing them.
We'll see what happens!
Pre-race:
After Race:
ok, first off – i love that first pic & how happy you look! second, that’s exactly how i feel about doing a full…i so want to accomplish it, but the thought scares me to death. i need to know if you commit to the full in october…i haven’t decided yet myself. i lean towards the half…but if you do the full, maybe i will find the nerve to join you!
i think raising four kids more than qualifies as a marathon on a daily basis…
You killed it. I wanted you to tell how badly you beat Aaron. I guess you are a better wife than I am a friend. 😉
you never cease to inspire me.
and you look GREAT!
Wow! Great Job! I swear you guys look better in the after picture than you do in the first. Only parents of four could run a half marathon and look better than when they started.
LOVE IT! Congratulations! It’s a hilly course too, isn’t it? Your time was great. Another time when you nail the last month of training you will have an even better time!
You can absolutely run a full. Which one is on your calendar for Oct? There is nothing like the feeling of finishing a full.
I am in the lottery for NYC in Nov. I’ll find out mid-March if I was chosen. Fingers crossed.
XO
Erin
Great job!! Is the October one in Chicago? As a spectator, I totally tear up watching and cheering the runners here in Chi-town. People come from all over the world! It is a beautiful time of year in Chicago during the Oct marathon.
Good job! I am running in the Texas Independence Relay in a couple of weeks and am wearing my Help Haiti shirt as long as I can before the rest of my team starts complaining about the smell. 🙂
Congrats on your time in the half! That’s awesome!
What an accomplishment!!! Congrats you two!
Haven’t commented in a while, but I am constantly praying for your family’s transition and for Amos to realize he is home for good! Amazing the love I have for him and I have never met him! I love all of the updates about how you are processing now and how very REAL you have been about the adoption journey!
You and Aaron are such a blessing Jamie! Thank you for always being so honest and open! Your family is still missed so much!
YOU’RE AWESOME!!! Running the marathon of parenthood AND the 1/2 marathon for running. So inspiring!
Good for you!!