Memorial Day Weekend we spent in Traverse City with great families camping and running the Bayshore 10K. I was able to watch two of my running buddies finish the Bayshore marathon as well. Best Memory - Running the last three miles of the Marathon with Lori! I hope to soon know what it feels like to run miles 23-26 but from what I saw, they are emotional ones. Lori teared up as she called out my name when she noticed I was there and ready to bring her in. I had ran the 10K, jogged back to the 23 mile marker and waited for her, she was there before I knew it. Lori is such a strong run, I admire her abilities. After she finished we walked back to mile 25 and waited for Jolynn, she did awesome. I am so proud of her finishing her first marathon and holding strong the entire way. They have both been supportive running partners, looking forward to many more miles. It was this day that I got a little bug of my own...to do my own marathon. I do not enjoy running by myself so my first order of business was to find a partner. Kathy Hellmann (my half marathon partner in prego, yahooo...but puts a little damper on marathons!). I ran my first long run with Jenni and Shannan, 8 miles, it felt great and so good to run with them. They are running the Chicago but that is closed so I looked to Detroit. Much to my surprise J.R. actually offered to run it with me, now that is dedication!!! He has even agreed to run it at MY pace. He is training and we are both up to 10 miles. Its good for us both. Leah has also been bit by the bug....she has not committed yet, but I look forward to her doing that some day very soon...so...hopefully Detroit 2011Marathon here we come!!
The rest of our weekend was a blast with some of our favorite camping buddies including the Johnson's, Anderson's, Nicklash's Hower's, Tindall's and more!
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