Monday, June 22, 2009

Brooklyn Half Marathon

We did it! We finished a half marathon. Mike and I went and ran the Brooklyn, NY half marathon on May 30, 2009. It was a lot of fun - I guess if you call running 13 miles "fun". The race started in Prospect park and ended at Coney Island. The weather was perfect that day - not too hot and not too cold. There were 12,000 runners in the race. Once the horn blew at the start of the race, it took us 15 minutes just to get to the starting line. Mike ran with me for the first 6 miles, at which point I demanded he go ahead of me as I did not want him to feel like I was holding him back. Mike felt like he had run a pretty fast race, so much so, that he thought he could finish the race, go to the car, get the camera and a gatorade and then get back to the finish line to catch me coming over the finish line. Well, as is nearly always the case, he was wrong and 1 hour later he came back to the car to find me there locked out of the car, without a gatorade and wondering if my husband had lost his mind. I was a little upset about this situation, but the worst was the fact that he actually thought I would be that far behind him - has he not learned anything in 12 years. Well anyway, I guess I should forgive him, since I did force him to run 1/4 mile maybe (or if you ask Mike a mile) before the race began to go back to the car to get some money for the train ride, only to find out that it was a free ride (just as Mike had told me it would be). Aside from these minor mishaps, the race was a lot of fun and it was great to be able to finish.


4 comments:

Amanda said...

Yeah! You're awesome!

Anonymous said...

That is so great you guys did it together! Good Job! That is so inspiring. I love the story about Mike. That is too funny. I wish I could keep up with you Emily. Glad to see your doing well!

Anonymous said...

AWESOME job half marathons are much more fun then a full marathon, You guys look great looking forward to seeing you at the end of Oct.
Beau

Hey Mike there is a football game at Giants Stadium the weekend we are there Nov 1st it would be fun to see if the guys (Craig) could hit the game and the girls could go shopping

Eliza said...

And you did it all w/out a fancy t-shirt. Way to go, Mike and Emily! Did you love how I dropped out of the plan once the fancy t-shirt wasn't going to come through. Nice, priorities.

When I look at you guys I always think, now there is a good looking couple!

I loved seeing you in your all black running attire. How you guys manage to look chic after running a gazillion miles is a testament to your cool factor. (Can you tell that I think the outfit is more important than the actual sport?!)

Way to work it, you two cuties!