4/26/2015 — OKC
My first 2015 race! And what a special way to get to run 26.2 with Ryan, who I can now call officially my step-brother-in-law! Mimi’s Mom and Mike officially tied the knot the day before the race and we had a lovely time just hanging by the pool and celebrating with the immediate family. Sun, pool and beers, probably wasn’t the best preparation for running the next day, but it was really great to be with family. I was really in awe running the memorial race, remembering the tragedy that happened 20 years ago (I was in 6th grade!). It was great to see the firefighters running in full suits and the crowd atmosphere was great. Though, I have never seen so many bible verses along a race course.
The best sign award totally goes to #unbreakable with the if you can do anything for 10seconds reference.
I got a little greedy on the timing and pulled away early from the 3:40 pace group. At one point I was next to a guy and I casually asked what his goal was. He replied oh you know, I want to be running sub-8’s. I knew I was in trouble and barely hung on.
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The best part of the race though was seeing Mimi, Mike, and Marilyn at mile 20… they kept me going all the way to the end. Unfortunately I didn’t see them, but they saw me pushing the last sprint to the finish line. Upon crossing though, I did have a bit of an ugly cry, haha… all the emotions came out!
Bib & Medal
