Our new sort-of obsession!

I hesitate using the word obsession. More like we have just worked so hard to get back in shape and the actual racing part is sort of addicting. Yates and I have started running. Yates is succeeding...I just limp along! LOL! We both entered and ran our first race on 4/11/09. I ran a 5k (3.1 miles) and Yates got all ambitious and ran a 10k (6.2 miles). I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures. Yates finished in an amazing 53:39.9 min (8:39 min/mi) and I finished in 38:17.7 (12:19 min/mi). I was so proud of Yates for doing GREAT! I was proud of myself, but felt I probably could have pushed a little bit harder in a couple places so it's all experience for me.
We signed up for our 2nd race on 5/2/09. It was the Hurricane Half Marathon/5k. I ran the 5k again and Yates ran the Half Marathon (that's 13.1 miles for anyone who doesn't know)!!! He's amazing! I think he was pretty nervous, but again did really well. Yates finished with a time of 1:55:58.3 (8:51 min/mi) and I finishe din 39:35.9 (12:44 min/mi). After my race, I ran home and got the kids ready and brought them back to watch Yates come across. We were sitting there waiting for him to come across (I was guess another 15-20 more min) so I ran to get the kids some grapes and doughnut holes to eat and I heard his name come over the loudspeaker. I was so disappointed I didn't get any pictures of him coming across the finish line! I was AMAZED at how well he did!!! We both ran into some friends at the race...I ran into Stephanie who is all sorts of beautiful inside and out. I have known her forever (she is a sis-in-law to one of my best friends from high school, Angela) so she saw me grow through some of my more awkward "moments" and still loves me! She's from Idaho and when she got off the 2nd bus at the 5k start line I was shocked and grinning like a Cheshire...I LOVE HER! She had come down with her sister to run and play. We chatted and ran part of the race together. It was one of the highlights of my day! Yates ran into one of his friends from high school (DJ) after the race. He and his wife live up north and she had come down to run the half marathon and so they caught up while Yates tried not to cramp up. LOL! He said he was shocked when he heard Yates' name come over the loudspeaker when he came across the finish line...they were headed out and had to come back to see if it was really him! How funny!