CHECK IT! Carolyn ran a 1/2 marathon!

TEAM BBBS AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING!!!

Hey everybody! Guess what?? I DID IT! I ran the local, American Discovery Trail Half Marathon on Monday and survived [remember, I was just a 3-miler 2 months ago, I never ran more than that -- and running had been a pretty non-existent exercise since I had Kate ... but I did some training, and hey, I did it!]. I ran it in 2hours and 11min.

I "ran for kids' sake", and our team raised well over $2500 for Big Brothers Big Sisters. I was slower going than I wanted to be, but somehow I did run the whole darn thing. I averaged 9-10 minute miles and had 2 quick pit stops (man I cannot stand that 'energy goo / goop' whatever they call it; I nearly yacked). I was 20th (out of 47) in my age group. Anyhoo, not bad for only training for 4-5 weeks, huh?

Gene and Kate cheered me on at the 3-mile mark (which was also near the 11 mile mark), since we went up & back down the same trail). And the great thing was that my sister, her husband, and their new baby also came out for the long weekend and were also there to cheer me on! My sis even ran the last couple miles with me (and whoo-ee those are the hardest!).

I got a purdy medal at the finish line (everybody who finished got one). You could always look me up on the 30-34 year old females (if fyou don't believe me -- hee hee) at: http://pprrun.org/results/2009_results/2009_adtm_half_marathon.htm

Thanks to EVERYONE for your support, your prayers, your happy thoughts and your donations. YOU are awesome, and I truly truly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart...

Carolyn

Carolyn & her nephew

Carolyn & her sis, Mandy

You can also go to the "fotojack" webpage to see an 'action' shot of me -- if you like:
http://www.fotojack.com/photo/?race=1195&sid=b6361c170e29d01438f16177435ec222&pg=1&val=mccallister&submit.x=0&submit.y=0