Monday, April 30, 2012

Eugene Half

This past Sunday I ran the Eugene half marathon with my buddy Sarah, along with about 6,000 others! We trained for 3 months ahead of time, and are probably now in the best shape of our lives. Unfortunately there weren't a lot of pictures taken, but here is a kind of silly one while we're running and waving to Sarah's 2-yr-old daughter, Ellie, who's father took the picture:


And here we are after the race, wearing our "finisher" medals. We weren't in it to win - some crazy person ran this (that's 13.1 miles) in just over 1 hour!!! - but we did manage to beat our goal. Sarah left me in the dust halfway through and was still in good spirits at the end - what a trooper! I fell apart a little toward the end with various hurts. But I finished AND managed it under two hours, so I'm happy with that.

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12 comments:

  1. Linda PoppleApril 30, 2012 at 9:45 PM

    Congratulations to you and Sarah!!

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  2. martinealisonApril 30, 2012 at 9:56 PM

    Mes sincères félicitations... j'aurais été épuisée avant vous !!!
    Gros bisous, je vous souhaite beaucoup de bonheur et de santé en ce jour de 1 mai.

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  3. silentwitnessApril 30, 2012 at 10:56 PM

    YOU can do anything you set your mind to and you are an amazing inspiration!!! Congratulations!

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  4. JanApril 30, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    Since my computer seems to be behaving now, maybe it will let me say GOOD FOR YOU!!! That is a great accomplishment.

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  5. Kathy CousartMay 1, 2012 at 3:43 AM

    Congrats to you both! Love the smiles and what a fun thing to try with a buddy- y'all are amazing!

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  6. Marilyn R MillerMay 1, 2012 at 5:57 PM

    WOW!!!!! Impressive! And she can paint too!!!!

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  7. Penelope LentzMay 1, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    Yeah Carola!!!!

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  8. TeriMay 2, 2012 at 10:57 AM

    Congrats, Carol! No easy feat, for your feet - ha ha! Very proud of you. I have done a couple and they are hard. Good photos! Glad you are recuperating at the beach!

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  9. Melissa MeadMay 3, 2012 at 11:41 PM

    Great job Carol- my hubby says your time was really good. Did you go barefoot?? New research out saying you save a huge percent of oxygen running barefoot.

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  10. Carol MarineMay 4, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    Thank you all so much for the kind support! It was fun and I am glad to say I've done it. : )

    Melissa, yes I ran with my barefoot shoes. That's awesome about the saved oxygen. My knees are definitely happier since I started running with them.

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  11. Mary Sheehan WinnMay 4, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    I did not know that it was humanly possible to run 13.1 miles in an hour ;/

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  12. Gloria j ZucaroMay 5, 2012 at 12:07 PM

    WoW! That's a wonderful accomplishment! That means you were running 61/2 miles per hour! Who needs motorized transportation! I hope you are not still limping! Thanks for the pictures, too. You both look great in both the pictures.

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