Beach to Bay relay marathon
On Friday I left my husband...again...and drove down to Corpus Christi with some fun girls in the ward for the Beach to Bay relay marathon. We picked up our packets that night and then went to Johnny Carinos for a late but very yummy dinner to carb load and chat a bit.
The race started at 7 am the next morning so the first 2 legs of the relay left early before the rest of us. I was the last leg so I got dropped off at my starting point at about 8:30. I got there just in time to see the front runner pass by.
I couldn't believe how fast it was. And then I saw this girl in the mass of people sitting around and waiting and I laughed.
I started my leg at 11:35 so I had 3 hours to kill. I did a lot of people watching and I listened to a good book on my ipod. I also did a lot of hydrating...and so did a lot of other people because check out the line for the potty...and I was halfway through at that point!
It was a nice day for running. For the most part it was overcast with a tail wind. It was 80 some degrees, which doesn't sound too bad but the humidity made it HOT! I'm not a big sweater, but you should have seen me! I was drenched! We each ran 4-4.7 miles. Since I've been running to get ready for this I have come to like running more than I thought I would. It still isn't my favorite form of exercise, but I did enjoy it. I do, however, have lots of room for improvement! I ran my 4.4 mile leg in 43 minutes and our team ran the entire marathon in 5 hours 17 minutes! I'm proud of us!
Here is me before I started (wishing I had sunglasses) 
And here are all of us (minus our 3rd leg, Lynette) after.
I look a little less perky than the rest of the girls because I'm still trying to recover.It was fun to do and, now that I'm in the running groove, I would definitely do a race again.