I Finished the Half Marathon!

Ok, I realize this picture is taken in my backyard, but I promise I really did finish the half marathon I ran...I just didn't have my camera there to document the event, so I took this when I got home. My dad and Steve also ran the race. The Half Marathon (13.1 miles) race was around Pine View--through Eden & Hunstville. It was a chilly race. A couple miles into the race I met up with Libby Jacobs, Kysha Hill, and Lisa Johnston from my ward. I didn't even know they were running in the race, but I was able to run with them up until about mile 9. Just after mile two, we had a scary experience as Steve and I saw a lady running about 30 feet in front of us get hit by a truck. She was running in the middle of the road on the double line and all the sudden she jetted across to the left without looking behind her (we were all supposed to stay to the right). The truck was thankfully going pretty slow and stopped very quickly, but hit her and we saw her shoe fly across the road. I couldn't believe she just stood up and said she was fine after getting hit by a truck. I heard later that someone broke their leg--I'm assuming that was her. It startled me so much that my heart just felt like it was racing and I actually started crying! The end of the race was pretty cold with a head wind, but I was happy I was able to run the entire the race without stopping and finished in 2 hours and 3 minutes.