I survived another 1/2 marathon! I ran my first one in October of 2004 in Minnesota! The forecast for that one was 35 degrees with a wind chill of 22 degrees with snow flurries! Now that's to be expected in Minnesota in the Fall, but at the end of February in Fort Worth, Texas you'd think I'd have better odds of warmer weather (especially since it had been 80 degrees the day before)! Oh no, it was pretty much the same forecast for this race minus the snow flurries! Needless to say I was pretty discouraged! Running in cold is one thing, but in wind... that's pretty much the worst weather element I could choose to run in!
I ran my race with my friend, Joy. We stayed in Dallas at her brother's house the night before and left around 5:30 am to get to our race. Our families came up to cheer us on too (just a little later though)! It turned out better than I imagined. It was sooo cold when the race started, but once we got out of downtown, the sun came up, and our bodies were warm from running the conditions weren't as bad and the wind subsided (a little).
I felt really good the first 5 miles of the race and then it got more hilly and it was a little harder. Our goal was to run it in 2 hours and 10 minutes and my official time was:
2 hours:14minutes:59seconds
not bad... just about 5 minutes off our goal.
The day of the race my joints (knees, hips, etc) were all sore and today my muscles are sore, but it feels great to accomplish another 1/2 and it was so fun to be able to run it with Joy. After the race we ate and then my family stayed in Fort Worth that night at the Omni Hotel. (that's another post though)
So there's the low-down on my Cowtown 1/2 Marathon.
Here are some pics:
I ran my race with my friend, Joy. We stayed in Dallas at her brother's house the night before and left around 5:30 am to get to our race. Our families came up to cheer us on too (just a little later though)! It turned out better than I imagined. It was sooo cold when the race started, but once we got out of downtown, the sun came up, and our bodies were warm from running the conditions weren't as bad and the wind subsided (a little).
I felt really good the first 5 miles of the race and then it got more hilly and it was a little harder. Our goal was to run it in 2 hours and 10 minutes and my official time was:
2 hours:14minutes:59seconds
not bad... just about 5 minutes off our goal.
The day of the race my joints (knees, hips, etc) were all sore and today my muscles are sore, but it feels great to accomplish another 1/2 and it was so fun to be able to run it with Joy. After the race we ate and then my family stayed in Fort Worth that night at the Omni Hotel. (that's another post though)
So there's the low-down on my Cowtown 1/2 Marathon.
Here are some pics:
The kids waiting patiently for mom to cross the finishline (don't they look cold??)
This is me just after rounding the last corner and trying to sprint the last straight-way to the finish line. Steve caught me off guard and yelled to me so here I am waving! (I was expecting them closer to the finish) You can barely see Joy in this pic... she is not right behind me, but you can see her white sweatshirt behind the other girl behind me.
Posing with my cuties! Proud of their Mom!
Joy and Me(Everyone got medals:))
19 comments:
JOOOOOONI! You are soo amazing and such a great inspiration! Don't you feel like you can do anything now? Your next one should be a triathlon (a mini one). Congrats on reaching your goal (almost!) You ROCK!!!
sorry that was me above...I am not Tyler :0)
wow, i was wondering who the heck tyler was and why he was calling me JOOOOON!!
Hey! I saw your blog address on facebook! It's so fun to see pictures of you guys and your adorable kids. (this is Danielle from Ricks, by the way!) Our blog is edmondskids.blogspot.com. Good job on the race- that's awesome!
Janet, That is so good to see you and your kids. Missed Steve in the pictures though. We are in awe of what you have done. Good job
I thought you did great especially with the wind. Kids look like they had fun too.But it looks cold for TX....will we need our winter gear?
See you Wednesday
Congratulations! And to be so close to your goal must make it that much more rewarding! I could never come close to running that far, so you rock! (all my friends and I used to say this to each other in college...it just kind of came back to me)
Awesome! Congratulations on running a half marathon. I can't even imagine running for 2 hours!
I was wondering about the Tyler calling you Joon too! Lol! I so, totally think you are awesome for doing something like this! You are my idol! I run for 10 minutes and feel like I am going to DIE! Good Job!!
You are one hot mama!!! Great job!! I can't imagine doing that...ever! Now you have 2 under your belt! Great job on pratically hitting your goal too! You are amazing!!!
Good girl! I am so impressed! and look at that hot bod, maybe I need to run with you on the next one!
Nice work DIVA!!! I would love to join you guys sometime even though I don't run with you!!!! Looks pretty cold!!!!
Congrats! That's way better than I could ever do.
You go girl!!! I am so proud of you! I wish you were in WI... Kathy and I are trying for one in May! Great job and great time!!!
Congrats!!! I can't wait wait wait to see you next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go! You're awesome! What a great accomplishment...now you just need to run a full marathon?! :)
so you had way worse conditions! I admire you! I hate running in the cold lucky for me I live in Cali! Congrats on your accomplishments!
Hey Janet,
Congrats on the run!! Next time you are in Ft. Worth, you gotta let us know. That is where we are these days. It looks like you are all happy and well! That's great.
Tell Steve and the fam that the Luna-Llanes fam says hi!
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