Finish a Half-Marathon... Check!

So, Rachel and I did our first half marathon this weekend! It was the Park to Park in Waterloo. We started at George Wyth Park in Waterloo, and ran to Cedar Falls and back... yep, a long ways!! And we both finished! YAY! I had a couple goals going into it-- Finish in under 3 hours (did it-- 2 hrs and 48 mins), and NOT finish last... and i didn't come in last!! :) Rachel killed it finishing in 2 hrs and 13 mins! Just awesome! And she walked back a half mile to encourage me the last 1/2 mile.... I really thought the end was NEVER going to come!! It was emotional, and I'm glad I actually did it!
We are both glad we did it....... but we both said we'd probably never do it again! It was long! We both hurt a lot today. As you crossed the finish line, they announced your name and everyone clapped, so that was nice too.. They gave you a medal if you finished under 3 hrs, and then you also got all the food and beer you wanted.. all the food was great, but you don't exactly feel like eating after you've just ran for 3 hours! :) The beer however tasted pretty good :)

So, here we are in our medals.. We didn't have our camera at the actual race, so this is afterwards.