First 1/2 Marathon!

Memorial Day Weekend I did my first Half Marathon!  I was very excited to actually do it and finish the race.  Before this I had only done 5k's and 10k's.  It was in Ojai and was called the Mountains to Beach 1/2 marathon.

Luckily my friend Somer and her friends Katie and Vanessa had already planned on doing it so I sort of tagged along and joined them on this crazy event.

 Headed down the final stretch!

 Katie and I found each other at about the 8-mile marker and ended up running the rest of it step for step and helped each other finish.

 They even called our names as we crossed the finish line :)

 Somer finishing the race.  She had told me that she might call me during it and I told her that I wouldn't answer haha.  But she said she increased her speed from her last 1/2 marathon by about 30 minutes.

 Me, Somer, Vanessa and Katie.

Whoo hoo!!!  Done!!

P.S.  My last two miles of this race were brutal.  My back hurt so bad and my left knee still hurts if I run further than 1.5 miles - but I'm glad I did it!!  I'm hoping to do a Disneyland one next :)