Sunday, October 17, 2010

Grand Rapids .5 Marathon





Well...we did it! Kathy Hellmann and I finished the GR 1/2 Marathon today. Its a great feeling to see the training pay off. We ran about a minute faster per mile than we trained and it wasn't until the last mile that it caught up with us. I am so proud of my friends Jenni and Shannan for finishing the full and Jenni for finishing her 2nd in 2 years! After about 11 weeks of training Kathy and I took it all in running shoulder to shoulder over 11 miles. She crossed just a minute after me, not bad seeing she is 9 years older than me (I know she will love that I posted that!).I think we got out of it injury free as well which is really something to be thankful for. I hope our running continues for a long time together.

Grand Rapids Marathon 1 hr 57 minutes.

2 comments:

Megan said...

Congratulations Vickie and Kathy!!! What an awesome accomplishment. I have no idea how you guys found the time to train, but it's amazing!!! Keep it up!

Drew's mom said...

Congrats, Vickie! Once again, it was so good running into you.