Alas, as spring settles upon us we come to the realization that even though it's still snowing every other day, it will be 95 degrees soon and we should get out and run while we have the chance! With that in mind I ran my first half of the year. I decided to do Salt Lake because I have done the bike tour several years and thought it would be a fun course to run. The quarter of a mile uphill (seems so insignificant before and after) at mile 12 seems a bit sadistic (poor marathoners at mile 25), but I suppose somewhere in the world there are runners who don't get to choose from hundreds of courses that are all mostly downhill. But are there really runners in Nebraska? I'll probably never know.
Lindsey was kind enough to snap a few pictures even though she had to be left out of the running...apparently discouraged at 8.5 months pregnant.
With the child in tow she did still actually run all the way across Liberty Park so that she could see me on both sides. This probably was more work than my whole half marathon, kudos to any woman out there who has ever been pregnant!
Brent and Ashley showed their support by wearing fluorescents and spandex, or they may have done the bike tour that morning...I'm not sure which.
Happy Running!
