There's a First for Everything

This is the first Pennington Family photo I can recall, and it was a good idea if I do say so myself! It may just be a new family tradition. 24 people at this Thanksgiving was a great turnout. Thanks Grandma!

This is NOT what I signed up for!

In August, when I signed up for this half marathon, it was 90 degrees and sunny. I know a couple people who have run the Just Cuz Half Marathon and have said how beautiful the weather is the first week of November... the perfect time of year for a race. Well, the weather didn't cooperate this year and it was snowing and 25 to 30 degrees! The start was at Crystal Summit and for the first several miles, the road was actually icy under my running shoes. The first 2 miles were also pretty steep downhill which made things a little tricky. Anyway, I survived. It must have been the superman costume.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle had just enough left to hold me off at the end.

Danny captured my time as I crossed the finish line. 1:46.42! A PR of almost 13 minutes for me! After the race I had a hard time talking, my lips were so numb! My hands were pretty frozen too.

Deb was of course dressed as her hero Rocky and Justin reprised his role as the beer fairy, running all 13.1 miles with fairy wings and a tutu.

I had an awesome training partner, Ashley, on the left. She did great! No one would ever suspect that this was her first Half Marathon. On the right, my friend Hillary. This was also her first Half Marathon. She claimed for years that she couldn't run farther than a 5k! Maybe she will listen to me next time I try to convince her of something!