Ready, Ready, Ready, Ready...Ready To RUN!!!

Back in the high school day, I was a volleyball player, speech geek, track-shot putter/discuss thrower, and a cross country manager...never the runner....until last year!  Me and two of my splendid gal friends, decided that we should run a half marathon 13.1 crazy miles of Fargo fun!  It was great, terrible, amazing, awful, dreadful, breath taking(literally), the biggest athletic accomplishment of my adult---oh who are we kidding, adult/high school life!!!
So here we are again...7 weeks into our training for our 2nd half marathon and this year I wanted it more remembered/documented then last year--FYI we finished in 2.22.:21...along with all of my other fun races I did through out the year!  So this particular blog, may have to be an updated one :)  
Runs/Training 2013....

When we started training for the half last year, we used Hal Higdons training...the furthest we ever ran was 10 miles in the streets of Lincoln and we NEVER ran a big run inside on a dreadmill due to the beautiful spring we had last year!  We spent the night before the race at Danny and Dacia's in Fargo and it was SO hot the day before the race---but the morning of we woke up to a nice rain and perfect racing conditions!

Enter 2013.....
We are using Hal Higdon's training again, novice #2 and this time before the race we will actually get up to 12 miles before the half....we've been able to run outside twice and had to put on lots of miles on our ever dreaded treadmills :(  Here is a look at our training routine....

April 6th: Michelle and I did the first annual Run for Change in Fargo--it was a 10k, the weather was crappy--35 degrees, raining, and icy in spots along the race!  We were so proud to say we finished in 59 minutes!!   What a fun weekend!!!


We left Bismarck early on Friday and checked in to our hotel and had a nice supper out with the guys at Spit Fire Grill---cheers to a good race on a cold day tomorrow!!!





Carmyn came down from GF to race that day as well!  She looked great in her cute tutu :)





After a slip on the ice and a quick shoe tie, Peyton and Josh were there to cheer us on at the finish line!!  10k complete in 59 minutes!!  Whooo hoooo!!!



Post race picture---Mica and Jennie



After race celebration-downtown Fargo!  We had a great evening with the hubbies and the Lystad guys!  A great weekend in the books.....see you again in May Fargo!

 Huge THANK YOU to my parents and Josh's Mom and Gma Ruth for coming down to tag team watch the Jeffers' kids this weekend!!  I actually don't know who had more fun....the parents or the kids this weekend!!  We are so lucky to be so close to Grandma's and Grandpa's who like to take on three fun kiddos for a weekend while Mom and Dad are able to get away to do some of these races once and awhile!!

Other races lined up for 2013 so far:
Parkinson's???  Bismarck--April 13.  5 or 10k
Fargo Half Marathon Fargo---May 18---Josh do 10k :)
Color Run Bismarck June 2nd--Josh, and Anna registered as well!!  WHOOP WHOOP!!  Along with Michelle, Ana, Tara, and Rick!!  This one is going to be great!!!
Color Run Fargo June 29th
Mid evil Rush??? Bismarck July 6