Better to Laugh

I finished the Mini-Marathon with a personal 13.1 mile best:  2:12:43! With a sore foot! My hubby finished in 1:36; he rocks! Here are some highlights:

• The body felt great, then I turned my bad foot on uneven cement.
• Kept running, my foot didn’t get really sore until about mile 7 or 8.
• Looked for inspiration from Erin and Sarah…two friends that are going through some rough physical illnesses. What would they say? FIGHT!!
• Ran entire first 10 miles, then foot started throbbing, so I ran/walked last 3 miles.

Afterward, I couldn’t wait to tell Terry about my time, but I couldn’t find him in the post race area. I looked for about 45 minutes, during which time it started raining on me. Thank goodness I tied my rain jacket around my waist at the start! The rain let up after about 20 minutes or so, and still no Honey. I thought maybe he went back to the car, so I went to the car and waited another 45 minutes. I tried to remember if we had promised to not leave until we had found each other. Then, I started to wonder if maybe something had happened to him. I decided to go back to the post race area. I left a note on our car, in case he came back. (The nice man at Mo’ Joe Coffee House gave me paper and a pen. He said he would only do it if I was writing a nice note. I told him it was a nice note, and I would even start it with ‘Honey.’ He said okay, that he didn’t want to be in the middle of a spat. LOL) I started back and asked at the results table if he had finished; he had and with a really good time. I thought what is the good of running so he doesn’t have to wait too long for me to finish if we can’t find each other for 2 hours. I found my honey after about 5 minutes and gave him a big hug! He said that he was waiting in the viewing stands until the 3 hour mark. He felt terrible that he had missed me; I was just glad that we were both okay. We already set a meeting spot for next year. I just hope I can remember where that is in a year!