Trixie sent me some amazing hot pink shoe laces that arrived just in time for the race! I LOVE them so much.
These are the amazing ladies I trained with. Without them, I would not be running. Seriously.
Josh bought me a glitter pink running skirt. Pheobe agreed to get one to run in too (team-sparkle.com - check them out!) but we forgot that Pheobe is many many inches taller than me. So we looked a little different in our skirts... but still AWESOME. We also thought it was going rain... but we had clear skies. But we were dressed to weather whatever storm was coming (I'm so glad it didn't rain! Its a miracle!)
Here is the start line! It felt like hours waiting to finally run. We were in the 25th corral - so we did have a little time to wait.
At mile 6 there was a terrible hill! Thankfully, Josh and my wonderful parents were waiting there to give me the boost I needed to run the whole hill. After running for approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes (yep, we weren't that fast, but I'm ok with that) we finished! Around mile 10 I was done. I was sure that I had blisters (I didn't, I just broke a little mentally) and I was so so tired. You couldn't see the finish line - it was up hill and it seemed so far. But I ran the whole way and crossed the finish line!
Our friend Emily had brunch waiting for us when we finished. We had so many friends waiting to celebrate with us - it was so great!
I still can't believe that I did this! I'm so glad I did!
Jessica, you are looking TRIM! Congrats on the run - you must be so proud!
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