Wow. To say that I’m feeling the love from all of you after my half marathon would be an understatement. The outpouring of support for me and for my sis has been nothing short of amazing. Thank you. So much. You have no idea how much this means to me (and her).
And wow. I hurt. Everywhere. But it’s a hurt-so-good-kind of hurt – because it means that I worked for all 13.1 of those miles yesterday and man, is my body talking to me today for it!!
And now, for some pictures to showcase the day leading into the race and the race itself…but be prepared for picture OVERLOAD – my mom got some great shots, I had a hard time just picking a few to share here (she makes a great race day photographer, I must say!).
Pre-race carb-loading, Sutera pizza style. Um, yum.
- Pizza dough rising and ready to be sauced and cheesed!
Freshly shredded cheese, nothing better
Farrm fresh salad thanks to Steph!
Rasberry lime "rickey" in a wine glass!
Ohhh the cheesy goodness!!
Race day – ready to crush it!
The gang - M, Jo, Me, Steph, Lisa (my sister-in-law who rocked her first half in 2:04) and Scott
- Steph, me and Jo – in the porta potty line (ew)
4.5 miles in - waving at my mom, race photographer 'o the day
Jo and M, rockin' and rollin'
Mile 6(ish) laughing at my crazy in-laws cheering us on from the sidelines
Meeting Jo to run with her to the finish...almost there!
Done, done, done (whoa do I like tired here or what??)
Surprise cuddles at the finish with the cutest niece ever ❤
13.1 (pr)oud-er than ever.
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Thank you so much for sharing the pictures!!! Love that you went back to run the finish with Jo!
Always my dear – I knew you’d love to see them! Gives you a better visual in terms of how the day went down (and the day prior, for that matter…mmm pizza!)
The crossing with Jo was on my mind as soon as I crossed, I knew I wanted to be there to cheer her on those final few steps. It made for an awesome moment and memory. So proud of her.
Congrats on a great race!
thank you so much! 🙂 🙂
Yay this makes me smile so much i am so happy for you. you could all teach us a thing or two
yay!! thank you!
Hehehehe, I LOVE these pictures!!!
1. You’ve got me wanting to learn to make a bangin’ pizza!
2. Question: I have one knee that gets a little angry with me on occasion…do those strap help??
3. You all look so fantastic as runners!
4. I really think it’s a beautiful thing how you both have men that run right there with you. Seriously. SO SO SO beautiful!!!!
1 – come visit and you can have some of our bangin’ pizza 🙂
2 – I wear them because I had a touch of patellar tendonitis last fall after the half and these are like little “life jackets” for them, keeps the kneecap in place so it doesn’t slide around and cause pain. Where is your knee pain usually?
3 – yay for happy looking runners LOL
4 – Scott is amazing. I can’t even begin to describe it and REALLY wish I’d had a camera to capture that beaming gorgeous smile of his during the race. He was beaming with pride and energy and love. I heart him so.
Aww, love this sis. Glad you picked the pics where I am NOT crying at the finish line thankyouverymuch. 😉 I loved seeing Isabel and thank you for running across the finish with me and M, that was much needed…
Ha, of course – I’d only pick the best ones, where you look super duper hot. Duh 😉
Seriously, M is such a rock isn’t he? So glad you have him in your life. He is awesome. And for the record, I LOVED crossing the finish with you, I’m glad I caught you before you got there
She might just be the cutest baby ever! What a great race prize! 😉
Isn’t she?? Such a proud auntie over here! She is the best prize of all!
Love the pictures! Looks like it was a gorgeous course. You both looks so strong!
It was a gorgeous course, despite the rain-ish conditions and the hills…part of the course goes right by the spot where we got married, so it holds an extra special place in my heart 🙂
Congrats! I knew you would do it!!!!! Sorry I didn’t get to wish you luck, I was on vacation…and took one from the blog world as well!!! So happy and proud of you:)
That’s ok, friend! I’m glad you took a vaca from life and from blogging, we all deserve that!! Thank you for coming to say hi 🙂
Love this post and all the pictures! Your mom is awesome, and such a great photographer! Such a fun couple of days, and so glad we all had such a great accomplishment. And seeing the pizza again makes my mouth water… See you later!!
It HAS been a fun couple of days – and we haven’t even celebrated together yet! Must get that on the calendar ASAP! 🙂
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Love this recap and the pictures! Glad you had a few photographers along the course to document your race!
I can still hear the absolute joy in you for running such a fantastic half! Relish in it – you totally deserve it!!
Now that the dust has settled a bit, I’m finally starting to enjoy the victory of this half. And not gonna lie, wondering hmm should I do another one this fall??? 😉
Do it!!!! 🙂
You guys are ALL stinkin’ cute. So proud of both you and Jo and all that you went through to get to that finish line. Congrats!
Thank you!! I’ve been reading your comments to Jo on her blog and you are SO spot on with your advice, I LOVE it. Thank you for being such a good bloggy friend to her (and me!)
Love the photos, you look great, well done you!
thanks, friend! I figured it was time to share more photos on the blog, glad you liked them!
Love all those pizzas! I carb loaded on pizza too 🙂
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Those are some great photos! I think you need to write a post on those homemade pizzas!
Maybe I will, but only because you requested it 🙂
I’m finally getting around to catching up on blog reading. Congrats on the half!!! You totally ROCKED IT. Great job, Jess!!
Oh, and I love the pictures!! 🙂
YAY!! thank you friend!!! 🙂
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