2013 Half Marathon

Last Saturday was the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/ Half Marathon.
Jared and I ran the half marathon. Not ready for the 26.2 miles just yet...

The week before the 1/2 started out pretty rough leading us to even wonder if we should attempt to run it. But I'm stubborn so we ran.

It was fun to run with my buddy. He pushes me to go faster just by running with me. It is good for me and my times.

This year my goal was to run the half marathon in under 2 hours.

Goal Achieved!

Our time was 1:53:29!

So proud of my Jared who had never run over 10 miles and with work didn't have the time to train much 3 weeks prior to the race.

Here are some of the digital copies... Don't worry I plan on buying them... I just didn't want to wait, and then scan, and then post.

Mile 8-9ish - Jared was going to flex, but by the time he did he missed the camera shot.

Jared Crossing the finish line

Me crossing the finish line.  See the white shirt at the top of the page... yeah that's Jared. :)
I took off at the very end.

Waterfront Park - post race. (Secretly we were hurting)

Not sure when the next race for me will be, but Jared has a Triathlon in May with his brother Joel. 

An Olympic Tri - in open water....Good luck to them!!!

I'm passing this one up.

Triple Crown

The hubs and I recently finished running the Triple Crown races in Louisville. Cleverly named after the triple crown horse races - the first of which is the Kentucky Derby.

(I love Derby time! - It gets so exciting and busy here)

Back to the races.

They are 3 races done a couple weeks before the Derby mini/marathon.

The First is a 5k, Second is a 10k , Third is a 10 miler.

I really didn't get many pictures, but I managed to get this beauty after the first race.

5K Results 

Jared:25:30
Jenny: 25:32
(obliviously we ran together)

10K Results
Jared: 46:01

Jenny: 51:45

(obliviously Jared left me in the dust)

And then the 10 miler

That picture was right next to the finish and Jared was right next to me in the neon yellow shirt just off to the right of the shot. This picture looks horrible, but its all I got.

Papa John's 10 Miler Results:

Jared: 1:27:09

Jenny: 1:27:10

I was happy with all of my times! and that I finished. 

Still to come is the mini in 2 weeks- and I'm not ready at all.