I know its taken for ever to get this blog updated, like 6 weeks!! SOOO much has happened so I am so sorry its most likely going to be a long one but so many amazing things have gone on!! Ok, so my half marathon is OVER!! Totally done, relieved but left feeling like NOW WHAT? anyways so after all my hard training-12 miles took me 2 hrs and 15 mins so I was feeling on top of things! I had heard that you usually will run faster because your adrenaline is pumping so I thought for sure I could probably do 13 miles in about my 12 mile time, but I had set the goal to finish 2 hrs and 30 mins, and I finished in 2 hrs and 34 mins!! We headed up to Utah Wednesday and got there Thursday to my sister Crystals house in Spanish Fork (gorgeous btw) and play with their cousins and had a relaxing time, then it was off to Salt Lake City to our hotel-The Little America-which was so nice very comfy beds!! And we headed straight over to Temple Square and crammed as much as we could into about 5 hours. It was fun to walk around the city and see all the excitement of living in an actual city. We headed over to Smiths and got milk for my cereal in the morning, got everything laid out for the next morning, set my alarm for 4:50 and we got off to bed about 9. My phone started vibrating in the morning and all I could think was oh, I am SO tired, but then I looked at my phone and it said 6:36, wait, WHAT? that couldn't be right!! I looked at the hotel clock and it also said 6:36!! I was supposed to be there by 6:30!! I FLEW outta bed and got ready, feeling very panicky and ready to fall apart, and ran out the door to the trax following other people that had their bib numbers on. They were all very helpful and THANKFULLY I was not the only one that was late!! I met a lady on the trax who ended up running with me until mile 10, but can I just say that not having ANY thing to eat or drink before this race just about killed me! I had drunk my 5 hr energy which is equal to 2 cups of coffee, but I was dragging by mile 2 and my stomach was growling so bad by mile 3, but I am made out of a lot of determination let me tell ya! I didn't walk at all until mile 8 and then it was on, I had to keep going or it wasn't happening!! So I just kept going one foot in front of the other, and mile 11 was there and ALL up hill it was CRAZY! But then it was mile 12 and ALL down hill! I was exhausted but then there were all these people the last mile just cheering and it was so amazing!! So i did it, I ran a half marathon, and I am afraid its not the end of running for me :)! I will be taking a break for now, my fibula head on my knee keeps popping out, so for now its just 5-6 miles for me.