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March 6, 2012

NoLa RnR 1/2 Marathon

March 6, 2012

I just got back from the best weekend.  There’s so much that I love about the weekend, I can’t even begin to tell you about it! Friends! Food! Drink! Running!

This trip had been in the works since summer; I sent an email to my running friends back in August proposing a meet up in New Orleans for the race.  We came from all over: DC, Texas, North Carolina and Colorado; we left the stresses of work and family to meet up for the weekend. It was just what I needed. You could say I was the common denominator with this group of seven. Five of us were stationed together in South Korea; 3 of us are friends and West Point classmates.  (For those who visit my blog via my crafty-ness, in my former life I was an Army Officer)

New Orleans, thanks for being a great host.

Our hotel was 1/2 a block outside the French Quarter and we took advantage of it.  Lots of walking. Lots of eating. Lots of drinking.  With a 13.1 mile race thrown in to make us feel better about all the eating and drinking! 

NoLa 1/2 Marathon

One group photo before we split into our start corrals.  We’re of varying speed and training and we were not planning on running as a group of 7.  Two of the girls qualified for the Boston Marathon and ended up running a 1:40ish 1/2 marathon.  Another girl declares herself ‘not a runner’ and prior to training for this race had a long run of 4 miles.  And she did awesome!

I started the race with my USMA girls and the first 7 miles we played the Alphabet Game (movies and songs A-Z), making the miles seem to fly by.  I lost them at a water point, and thinking they were ahead of me, I hauled ass trying to catch them.  That pace lasted about a 1/2 mile!  And since my training plan could have been titled “ifyoucanrun7youcanrun13.1” I kinda quit around mile 10.  Well, quit for about a 1/4 mile before running again.  Thanks to the spectator holding a sign near the end that said, “Make this last stretch your bitch!” Just the motivation I needed that last 1/2 mile.  Chip time of 2:08:08. 

Here’s me and my USMA girls at the finish. Being photobombed by some random dude.

USMA Girls, NoLa 1/2 Marathon

New Orleans, you Rock.

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Posted by norine
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  1. Tiffany says

    March 6, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    New Orleans may rock but you totally do too! Sounds like a fantastic weekend!

  2. Moo and Mouse says

    March 6, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    I’m glad you had a great weekend, fantastic time on the 1/2 marathon too, well done : )
    emma x

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