Frostbite 1/2 Marathon

I am trying to get catch up with our "adventures" so (hopefully) there will be lots of blogs in the upcoming days.

(This is one of my favorite race pictures of us)

This is Mo and I at the Cedars of Lebanon Frostbite Half Marathon on February 12th. It was the first half for both of us...ever! Originally, Mo was doing it alone because I had my "first half" coming up 2 weeks later. On Friday before the race, I decided to join him because I had a 12 mile training run planned for that day. I figured that I would just add an additional 1.1 miles to it.

Wow...if we had have only known how difficult this particular half was going to be, I'm not so sure that we would have done it. For the first 10 miles, it feels like nothing but hills! Neither of us had done any hill training. Now...add compacted snow and ice!!! It was crazy hard...and cold!

But...we did it! Our first half was "out of the way". Mo's time was 2:24 and mine was 2:06. It's nice to have a base number now to work towards a PR (personal record)

Zoo Run Run

Ok...so...I suck! This I know! It is the middle of March, and I have not blogged since January. Well...all I have is today. So that is where I will start...well, actually, I am starting today with a race from January...but you get the point!

This is the fam from the Zoo Run Run. IT. WAS. COLD!!! (Hint: see the snow!) Anywho...we ran this 5K at the Nashville Zoo. It was actually a really neat race. They closed down the zoo for the run, so you kinda felt like you were getting away with something. LOTS of people thought they were!

Mo and I did something a little different and a little scary. We RAN the race and let the girls WALK it together...without us! For those of you that know me in "real life", that is a HUGE accomplishment for me. I am ridiculously protective of my little monkeys. They did gr-8 and had a gr-8 time!

In typical Lexie fashion, she savored the moment, enjoyed the scenery, didn't rush the "ride", and took pictures. LOVE that kid! She has taught me so much about enjoying life! Here's one that she took of Lauren:

Here's another one of an animal...not sure what it is:

I had decided that I wanted to PR this race (for non-runners, I wanted to set a Personal Record). What I didn't realize was how many HILLS this course had. However, I was pleased to see that I did it!!!

Mo HATES hills! No joke...he was raised in flat areas, so these hills kill him. However, he did pretty darn well himself!

The cool part of letting the girls go at it alone...I was able to see this:

What a BEAUTIFUL site!!!

Lauren was so sweet to walk this race with her sister. I asked how it went and she replied: "Lexie talked the ENTIRE way...and I just listened and occasionally said 'Really, wow!'" Thanks, La for being such a good big sister. You make me proud...just for being you!