The ING Half Marathon was this past Sunday. We had six students running and myself and another leader. We all finished in what I would say was great times. Here is a short but detailed version of the day...at the bottom of this post you will see some photos of the day. I only have a few. It is hard to take pictures when you are running :)
The day started at 5:10am when one of my student runners called to tell me she missed her bus...that would then take her to the school where the Students Run bus would pick us up. Only two problems...I was still in bed and Ashley, my student, lives in South Philly. I proceeded to run to the bathroom, change into my running clothes, grab a quick breakfast, and run to the car. I realized as I was pulling away from the house that well....I forgot to brush my teeth. Yep it happens...and well there wasn't anything I could do about it.
I picked up Ashley and proceeded to the school. All the students made it and we headed to the race start. We had about 45 minutes before the race start and we stretched, went to the bathroom, and got ready to start. Every one of our students finished the race and improved on their previous race times. We actually had one student who dropped 28 minutes from his 10 mile time. Basically it was an amazing day. The weather was beautiful and perfect for a run.
I am really looking forward to the marathon and half marathon in November. We should have four guys running the marathon and three girls running the half marathon. All in all I would say that is success....I mean even making it this far has been a success and I am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of these students' lives.
Here are the very few pics I promised:
1 comment:
that's great, mari! i'm glad it went well. it really is an accomplishment; i mean, i find it hard to get kids to run 3 miles :)
i miss you.
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