The day started off very differently than any other race I have run, I was not nervous.  This was not a race for me but I was just there to support my youngest in her first half marathon.  Since our training did not go as planned the goal was just to finish and to help pass the miles I made a scavenger hunt to complete along the way.  The first mile was great. The plan was to run 2.5 minutes and walk 2.5 minutes.  Mile 2 the youngest started coughing, I thought for sure she wanted to quit but instead asked if Dad could bring her cough medicine when we…

Since last December, I took time off from running to help my ankle heal from the lingering injury I sustained training for my last marathon.  I started training again in February for my triathlon last August.  After that race my training went by the wayside yet again.  My youngest expressed interest in running a half marathon in December so I signed us up and set up a training plan.  I can’t even say that we started out strong, summer quickly sped by and before we knew it I was altering the training plan to make up for the lack of training.  I put too much faith in our natural athletic…