I ran the Rock'n'Roll USA 1/2 marathon in DC with my mom on Saturday. It was the first time since I have started running that I have actually run a race with my mom the whole time! It was so much fun!
My mom started running in 2000. We ran a couple of 5k's as a family, but I didn't really become a runner until 2008. My mom was living in Germany and training for her second marathon. She had signed up for a bunch of races before leaving in 2007, and I decided to go pick up her number for the Army 10 miler and run it. I had never run more than a 5k before. I showed up, finished, and could barely walk the next day.
During the summer of 2008 my bestie, Erin, and I followed a training plan and became runners. I did it not only as something fun to do with my best friend, but as something I could do with my mom when she moved back from Germany.
5 years later, we finished a half marathon together! And today, she told me she would train for the Marine Corps Marathon with me! :)
My mom started running in 2000. We ran a couple of 5k's as a family, but I didn't really become a runner until 2008. My mom was living in Germany and training for her second marathon. She had signed up for a bunch of races before leaving in 2007, and I decided to go pick up her number for the Army 10 miler and run it. I had never run more than a 5k before. I showed up, finished, and could barely walk the next day.
During the summer of 2008 my bestie, Erin, and I followed a training plan and became runners. I did it not only as something fun to do with my best friend, but as something I could do with my mom when she moved back from Germany.
5 years later, we finished a half marathon together! And today, she told me she would train for the Marine Corps Marathon with me! :)
Here we are at the finish:
- Saturday, September 16th, 2013
- Rock'n'Roll USA 1/2 marathon, Washington, DC
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