Leaving the van to go join the masses:
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And they're off:
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Some runners:
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Skyla and I started out running together, but since she could run the whole thing I encouraged her to go on ahead of me. I had to walk around the 2.5 mile mark since I had been keeping up with her. At first, I felt defeated. Then I realized I was child free, husband free, and love walking in the rain. I felt like I was on vacation. So I walked for a bit and then my body just started running again. I ran/walked until a bit after the 7K marker and then ran the rest of it straight through. I couldn't believe I was actually running for the last mile or so. Skyla finished in 50 minutes and I clocked in at 1 hour, 15 minutes. I felt like a million bucks.
I told Andrew to go home and keep the kids out of the rain, but he couldn't resist cheering for me before taking the kids home for naps:
Proud and finished athletes:
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Thanks Skyla! See ya at the next one.
2 comments:
Yahoo!! You go Shannon, your great. We'll have to do a tri for fun together.
Never say never, but I am going to leave the triathlons to you my dear.
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