Updates

M and I ran and finished the Lewis and Clark Half-Marathon. Our chip time was 2:13:41. I’m ok with that time, though it does surprise me that my Hospital Hill Half-Marathon was faster (2:11:49). Of course, in the L&C I did make a pit stop and did not in the Hospital Hill. This means that my time was probably almost a wash between the two. If I had done due diligence and run more and pushed the longer runs a bit more, I probably would have had a faster L&C time. But I didn’t. Training for both, back to back, put me on about a 6 month training path and burned me out. Plus, gosh I really do not like some of the energy supplements needed for these longer runs. And they don’t really like me, either. So I am thinking I am sworn to doing 10K runs instead of half-marathons. I’ve done three and, at least for now, that is ample.

The good news is that we met our four goals: finish, don’t get injured, run the whole thing, and run together. That is sweet.

The weekend prior to the race we spent in Ste. Genevieve, MO, a town we had never visited. It was a great trip. Mostly we visited the wineries. We had hiking on the list, but the weather did not cooperate. That was the second holiday season this year where weather was an issue. The first was July 4 when we planned to take the kids kayaking. Ah well. That just means we need to go back.

Most recently, we went hiking at Clifty Creek Natural Area on the way to visit H. That is where this most recent photo is from. It was beautiful, really, but not quite what we expected. Still, it was good to be out and moving and seeing something new.

Next up – the St. Michael’s Day Dash.

After that we have some planning to do!