Shamrock Half Marathon

a group of us that trained together during the winter tnt season, along with chris, ran the shamrock half marathon in virginia beach on march 16th. it was a great race...the weather was a bit cold and windy...but i still ran my best half marathon time yet (2:04:31). it was chris' first half marathon and quite possibly his last. he wasn't feeling so fabulous after running 13.1 miles....but at least he made it. i'm proud of him. :) directly after the race we hung out in the tent on the beach to listen to live music, eat stew, and of course drink beer! every runner received 4 free beer tickets...and then they just came around later and started handing them out to anyone....we had plenty of beer! not sure that's a good thing after running that many miles. it was a great weekend...see pics below. i'll be running my next half marathon in raleigh on april 5th...i don't think chris will be joining me.


right before the race...7 am-ish...laurie, delane, me, chris, jon, wil, meg.


the start...we're way in the back!


me.


me again...almost to the finish.


yay.


chris...on the home stretch.


i think he hurts...


yay...he made it!

the statue on the home stretch.

waiting to figure out what chris wants to do...go back to the hotel or drink beer in the tent...

asking him...do you want to go back to the hotel...or drink beer in the tent. it was a close call...as you can see he doesn't look too well...poor thing.

beer wins!

beer makes the pain go away.

me & meg.

wil, meg, chris.

meg on our way back to the hotels...