Brandon, Cara and I ran the Legacy Midnight Half Marathon. It was my first half and I felt pretty good about it. The race started at 10 PM and I really, really tried to get to the finish line by midnight but I missed it by about 5 minutes. I guess it is okay though because now I've got something new to work towards. The funny thing about running 13 miles in the dark is that they all look exactly the same. Luckily everyone was decked out it glowsticks so I could watch the bobbing neon lights along the way because other than that pretty much everything else was just blackness with the occasional mile marker.
The good part about it was that it was cool and the sun wasn't an issue. Unfortunately all my fueling at that late hour kept me puking the rest of the night.
The best part of the race was that Brandon made an awesome playlist for the three of us and we synched our ipods so that we would all be listening to the same music even if we couldn't see each other.
And if running his first half marathon wasn't enough, Brandon took things another step further this summer by doing his first triathlon with Eric and Caleb.
They had made a pact to grow out their mustaches and Eric, with a little help from some eyeliner, looked only partially creepy.
Mike was so proud of his boys.
Further proof that Rocky takes after her dad when it comes to the amount of facial expressions she is capable of making.
Me and my BFF Becky, cheering on the men we love.
Rocky and Daisy found creative ways to pass the time when the athletes were out of view.
Rocky was so tired from cheering that she made sure to take a moment to rest up so that she would be ready to cheer in her dad. While we were waiting she told everyone that she was there cheering for "my friend...his name is Daddy."
Swim
Bike
Run.
This race they actually went two times through the whole process which seemed exhausting. The second time looked pretty much like the first.
Eric, Brandon and their cousin David model the mustaches. Eric's seems to have mysteriously disappeared.
The Rigby bros at the finish (just be glad that this doesn't show the belly shirts they were wearing.)
1 comment:
That's so cool that you got to run a big race with your dear hubby. And congrats on your good time! To say that you were shooting for under two hours and just barely missed the mark says that you were really pushing yourself, so that's awesome. Congrats!
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