RUN, RUN, RUN!

This Spring has been FULL of races. And I'm not talking about those horrible circles where the little men hit horses with sticks. I'm talking about ME, running my butt off around DC!

On March 17th I ran my first half-marathon. IT-WAS-AWESOME! Because it was St. Patrick's Day, there was a lot of spirit along the course. Spectators were even offering runners cups of beer! (Which I kindly declined). I did, however, accept Gatorade from a stranger. It only occurred to me after that I could have been drugged by runner-haters... OOPS! I finished in 2hr 15 min averaging 10 min 20 seconds per mile. Here are a few pics of me strutting my stuff around DC...

Here's me at mine 12 during the 1/2! I'm sorry the photo quality is crap. I won't even tell you how I uploaded it to my computer because you will laugh at me.

 Here's a picture my friend Laura took at mile 5 of the 1/2! I still look pretty happy in this one. The exhaustion didn't start until mile 9 or so.

AND here's me after the race with my shiny new medal! I'm sorry again for the crappy picture quality. I love how I'm holding a banana. I wasn't hungry at all. I was actually nauseous because of how hot it was. But everyone else was eating them so I thought I should too. PEER PRESSURE!

Yesterday I decided to take things down a notch and run a 5k at Wolf Trap, a popular theater/park near my house. I was joined by my friend Traci & Aunt Aimee. Somehow I busted my butt and ended up finishing in 27 min 24 seconds, (averaging about 8 min 46 seconds per mile). WOOHOO!

Because of my awesomeness, I also signed up for the Marine Corps Marathon this October! I'm looking forward to a dreadfully hot summer full of long-distance training. Should be a blast!