Race Day

Well, last Sunday was the Half Marathon in St. Louis and I think Taylor's mom summed it up best when she said, "That was the hardest thing I have ever done!" Ha! When we woke up on Sunday morning, at 4:45am, it was already in the 60s so by race time, at 7am, it was 70 degrees! That is really hot for a race, especially a long distance like a half marathon or marathon. Somewhere in the 40s or low 50s would have been much more ideal. They actually ended up closing part of the race for the marathon runners if they didn't reach a certain mile markup in time. That means it was really hot!

Sadly, I didn't take any pictures. But if you just picture the most sweaty and exhausted person you can imagine, that was the four of us around 9am on Sunday! :) Taylor, Jim, and Susan ran the entire half marathon, but I have to confess that I only ended up running a 10k. My lack of training and the heat just didn't mesh too well on race day. Ha!

We headed to St. Louis Friday after I got off work and went to eat at a place called Sam's Steakhouse. It was very delicious and since we had not been on a date in awhile, it was fun to eat at a nice place! After dinner, we headed to the hotel and hung out until Taylor's parents got there. It was nice to be able to just spend some time with them on Saturday before the race.

We played a new course on Saturday called The Bluffs, and besides realizing that I need to hit a million golf balls before I set foot on a golf course again, it was a lot of fun! The nice weather lately just makes you want to be outside, so why not be on the golf course if you're going to be outside? :)

This week has been pretty low key so far, so nothing very exciting to share! But we hope you had a nice weekend and hope to see you all soon!