St. Jude 1/2 Marathon

On Saturday I walked the 1/2 marathon....7 months pregnant. Yes, I am crazy. When I did it last year I saw a pregnant girl doing it and I thought...I can do that when I am pregnant. So when I found out that I was pregnant this summer, I knew that it was something I still wanted to do. My hubby ran the full last year and he was doing it again.

On Friday we went and picked up our race packets and then went to a pasta/carb loading party at Tyler and Katelyn's. On Saturday we woke up bright and early and got ready and then headed downtown. We found a place to park and walked to the stadium to check our bags. Next it was time to line up...my friend and I were at the back with the rest of the walkers. One of my favorite parts of the course is when we get to go down Beale Street.

I did fine in the race until about mile 9...then my lower back started hurting and I could feel blisters forming on my feet...but I finished. My final time was 3 hours and 44 minutes.

After we were done it was time to wait for Joe to cross the finish line. Here he is in the gray shirt.

and about to cross over the finish line!!

Yay!!! Here we are with our medals!! Sally did pretty good :)

Me and Meredith (my cousin/friend/walking buddy)

Meredith and her hubby, Ryan (he ran the 1/2 and did great!)

Joe and our friend, Craig

All of us!!

We went for a late lunch at Huey's and then hobbled around the rest of the day doing pretty much nothing. I plan on doing it again next year!!

Go Speed Racer Go....

Joe ran the Louisville, KY 1/2 Marathon this past weekend. His friend, Mike, ran the WHOLE thing. Unfortunately, I was not able to be there, but lucky for me, Mike's girlfriend, Laura, took a bunch of pictures. The top picture shows the boys before the race. Yikes, it is still dark outside.

And they're off!! Can you find Joe? Kinda like "Where's Waldo?".

Here is my hub-hub running!

And here he is crossing the finish line. He finished in under 2 hours. YAY!!

Mike did an awesome job too...he came in 5th overall and 1st in his age bracket...very nice! (say it like Borat). The boys were both tired afterwards, but lucky for them, they had BEER!!