A summary of my thoughts while running the Inaugural Sillassen 1/2 Marathon in the beautiful Nebraska Sandhills.
"Oooo, I love the shirt! Oh, and it has Hanson Farms on it. Love my family and I'm so excited to be running a race that bears the name of the ranch!"
"Let's do this!!
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| Running friends |
"We just did awesome on that hill"
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| Beautiful scenery |
"This breeze feels great"
"The Sandhills are so beautiful."
(Mile 6)
"M&M's at the aid station? This is the BEST RACE EVER!!!"
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| Seriously. M&M's. LOVE!! |
"Well, these hills are getting to me, but look at this cute little sign and horse on the side of the road."
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| There were two other really cute signs, I just didn't get pictures. One was a trike with a for rent sign and then on mile 11, there was a recliner with a rest stop sign. If I stopped to take a picture of it, I would have fallen asleep in it! |
(Mile 10)
(silence)
"Why, oh why does this wind have to blow at hurricane pace in my face??"
(more silence)
"Oh look another hill, YIPEE"
(note the lack of pictures at this point)
(Mile 12)
"Sooooo close, just finish without passing out!"
(Mile 13)
"Seriously, how long is this mile?????"
(13.1)
"We did it!!!!"
"We rocked that!!"
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| Photo taken by our surprise spectator, my dad. |
(comments from my running partners)
"Laura, I don't think you get to pick the next race"
"Never again!"
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| Act like your legs aren't killing you! |
"Oh, my legs!!!!!!!!!"
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| Team ESU 13.1 |
"We did it!!"
"Official results are in-we had our best 13.1 time ever! How is that possible?"
"What a cool medal"
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| Seriously, aren't these awesome? |
"Kari did such a great job organizing this race."
"Arthur is such a great community."
"It wasn't that bad, I just needed to do more hill training"
"I think I could do that agin next year...............I wonder who I could get to join me......."
