I just realized that I started this post and it never actually left the 'drafts' folder. This past May my good friend Melissa and I decided to run the Vancouver, BC half marathon. Now, I am not sure why I decided that I could run with this girl, I guess I had a momentary lapse in judgement. See, here is the thing... she has never run a half marathon that took her longer that 2 hours, in fact, I am pretty sure she has never run slower than 1:45....I, on the other hand had never ran one faster than 2:49...small difference. But as I mentioned above Melissa is a good friend, and this was a 'warmup' run for her race season... so she stayed with me every step of the way and I ran a personal best of 2:39....I am pretty proud of that one and would really love to break 2:30 next time.
We had a great weekend exploring a city that is only 3 hours from Seattle, but neither of us had ever really visited. Here are some shots of our weekend.
Cute little ferry ride to Granville Island
Walking to the start line, I should have saved some of that energy
Our new (bright) headbands, we got so many compliments! Mostly because they are fun, not super fashionable
First hill of the course; sucking air already!
Melissa posing with one of the course cheer squads
This little saying always keeps me going
With the Chinese Dragon mid-course
Obviously with all the posing we were not super worried about our time
Finished!! What a weekend!
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