"And from that moment on, I was running..."

Yep, Forest Gump said it best...

After getting addicted to working out, (and, I still can't believe those words actually came out of MY mouth!) Mike & I registered to do the Indy Mini-Marathon this year.

Mr. Treadmill & I logged many miles together doing "intervals"... spurts of walking & running. Mike logged miles with Mrs. Pavement. All in all, we were well-trained.

May 8th, 2010. Race day. We were prepared. Running shorts? Check. Running shirts? Check. Sunglasses? Check. iPod? Check. We walked outside. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Are we dressed warm enough? Oh sure. It'll warm up. (It was in the mid-40's outside.) Surely the sun will come out & warm things up. We got to the race. No sun. And as an added bonus, the wind picked up. Fantastic. Um, Brrrrr??! If anything, the temperature kept us moving when we didn't feel like moving! It was pretty funny though. As with any normal race, people tend to shed clothing along the way. There were stray sweatshirts, shirts, hats, gloves... Mike & I thought hard about picking up something & putting it on along the way! We were freezing!

The Indy Mini-Marathon is the largest Mini-Marathon in the country.
Honestly, it's almost too big. For 13.1 miles, you never really get away from "the crowd", which can be taken two ways. It's inspirational when you're feeling like you can't take one more step (yay! other people to crawl across the finish line with!); and frustrating when you're running & have to dodge your way through a mass of people (get out of my way!!)!

Our goal was to finish in under 3 hours, which we did. However, Mike & I were a little disappointed with our time. You see, because the weather was cool, we were over-hydrated, and needed to make more "pit stops" than usual. Which then equaled waiting in line (along with everyone ELSE who was over-hydrated)... so about 12 minutes of our time was spent waiting, which got figured into our race time. So, if you subtract that time, we were more on course. Anyway... we finished, and really, that's all that mattered!!That last quarter mile feels like it lasts F-O-R-E-V-E-R!


Going across the finish line. YES!!! We did it!!!! Mike was checking his phone, where he had a stopwatch set.


Our medals, and proof that we finished!