Weekend in Review

Last weekend was a doozy! Justin left Thursday to run Ragnar and wasn't back until Saturday afternoon. Friday night I took the girls to my soccer game with me and they did great. Saturday morning we hit up the Home Depot Workshop before heading to Everly's soccer game. She did pretty good but they tied. Saturday afternoon I took the girls to my sister-in-laws baby shower. Justin's brother and his wife are having their fist baby (a boy!) and we were so happy to go celebrate her. The girls had fun chasing a dog and playing and we can't wait to meet baby Lincoln. After the baby shower I took the girls home and met my girlfriends to see Bad Moms Christmas. It was really funny and I am glad to have them all as friends. Sunday morning I woke up early for my 4th half marathon. I picked up my sister and we headed downtown. The weather was great and my sister ran it crazy fast. I did not, but I did it and I'm not hurt and it is pretty cool what my body can do. My nephew was also running the 1-mile race but I couldn't stay and watch because I had to go straight to my soccer games. I had a double header which is just nuts after a 13 mile run. I burned like 3,000 calories that day. It was and exhausting day and I definitely earned my pizza that night. Glad that I am done with my half training!

watching my soccer game with ipads and pjs

Glad there will be a boy in this mix soon!

some pretty awesome mom's right here! (and Mo taking the pic)

I carb loaded with beer. I did have a salad the night before...

Earned that medal

Half Marathon #3 and lots of new PRs!

Last Sunday I ran my 3rd Half-Marathon. I started running regularly 3 years ago and ran my first half marathon at this exact race 2 years ago. It was hard but I also pushed myself really hard. I felt like I had nothing left at the end which is different for me. I like to finish strong but this race I wanted to be DONE. Justin and my sister also ran this race. When I ran my first half marathon 2 years ago I was very proud to finish under 2 hours. My second half (here) I was 13 weeks pregnant and finished a couple of minutes over 2 hours. This race, I broke almost all of my records (not my farthest or longest run). My official time was 1:51:43 which was 5 minutes faster than my previous personal record. I also ran my fastest mile (the 1st mile), fasted 5k, and fastest 10k. Can't be mad about any of that. The weather was great (slightly cool and still dark when we arrived) and the course is pretty flat. It is so funny how much goes through your head when you run one of these. I kept thinking how crazy I am to be signed up for a full marathon (next February). If this was still so hard for me, I would surely die in a full, but then I remind myself how hard I pushed myself and that I won't do that in the full. Training for this half was really the beginning stages of training for my full which still scares me on a regular basis. I have to remind myself that people do marathons all of the time, so I will be fine. What a crazy, mental sport running is! Here are some photos from the morning:

Pre-race darkness and photos

me crossing the finish line

my watch telling me I smashed records

Krys finishing her 3rd half marathon (2 of which have been done in the past 6 months post-partum)

Done!

my new medal hanging with all the others in my office

Update
Here are some of the race photos: