Well in my earlier post I mentioned that my dad and I were training for the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. After I did my half he decided to he wanted to do one so he started training. We now run races together. Well we run the same races. He runs faster than me so I bring up the rear.
We recently ran the NorthShore Half Marathon and it was his first half marathon. It was very hot and humid and I wanted to quit after mile 3. I Know thats early in a race to want to quit but the running gods were not on my side for this race. First I was not able to train the way I wanted to then I rolled my ankle a few days before the race.
Just when I wanted to quit I saw those bright green W.I.S.H. shirts worn by fellow W.I.S.H. runner Rick and decided to keep going. I thought to myself I can't report back to the W.I.S.H boards that I quit after mile 3. Sure they would understand but it would have bothered me that I did not finish.
Long story short my dad finished in 2 hours and 45 minutes and it took me 2 hours and 56 minutes. My time was about 11 minutes off my last half. So now it is on the the next race.
2 comments:
Congrats to you and your dad! Hope your ankle is feeling better. I have issues with my ankle too and it's no fun. I know Rick, he's a great guy :)
The best thing about this race was seeing your smiling face cheering for us as we ran that last tenth of a mile to the finish! You really made me smile and gave me an energy boost!
I am so glad that you were there, knowing that another WISHer was sharing the race experience! On to our next race together -- the RnR Chicago!
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