HALF MARATHON! I had never ran 13 miles so I was a little nervous but I felt pretty good about it. I had not been feeling all that great a few days before and the night of but I woke up feeling a little better and headed over to Mikes then we headed to the buses. After the buses dropped us off we ran our warm-up with the rest of the team. It was a little chilly but I was ready and determined to do my very best. We lined up and the start for what seems like a half and hour. As the had said to start I went to push "start" on my watch and my freaking watch says FILE FULL. I was ticked but just looked at the clock and based my time off of that. Not having my watch I have no idea on my mile splits. We started off pretty fast and were together till we entered into Hell's Canyon and Mike and the boys got a little ahead. Jason and I ran together till around the little tiny hill going onto the Dam Road and I fell back a little bit. Going down the Dam Road I felt like I was getting farther and farther behind but I wasn't going to let that stop me. I tried to keep the distance between Jason and I the same and up and around Nicole's Peak I fell off some more. I then heard Coach yelling at me telling me to get going and have faith that I could get back up with Jason. It took me awhile to do it but as we went up Majestic Hill I made some ground on him, not much but just enough to feel good. Going down towards Staheli Farm I passed him and I just kept it rolling after that. I knew I was getting close and all I could think of is that there was only a 5K left and that seemed like nothing so I kept running along till I came within 400 meters and I could see everyone and what looked like the finish and a great Coach waiting for me. I sprinted in to the finish with the help of Holt and I was tired as can be but I had done it. It felt so good! I took 8th overall and 3rd in my age group, it was a super good experience. I am really glad I did it! | 