Park2Park 1/2 Marathon

Last Saturday morning started out beautiful - not too hot, not too cold, a little breeze. It was perfect running weather for Colin and the 1500+ other runners taking part in the 2012 Park2Park 1/2 Marathon and 5K for Neighbor's Plus. Colin was running with Haans, his friend Larry Smith and a couple of other running buddies. We saw them around mile 3 and they were looking great!

 See the blue sky in the upper left corner?

Here they are around mile 6 (I think). Still going strong. This picture is facing East and the sky is blue. Behind us, to the West, it was getting dark and the clouds were rolling in. Colin had said his goal was to finish this 1/2 marathon in under 1 hour, 30 minutes. At this point in the race I told him that my goal was for him to finish before the rain!

 At 9:50, 1 hour and 20 minutes into the 1/2 marathon they black flagged the race, meaning they quit timing it and racers were to finish "at their own risk." Colin crossed the mat at 9:57 with an "unofficial" time of 1 hour, 27 minutes. Official or not, he met his goal, set a PR (Personal Record) and did AWESOME! Did he make it for MY goal? Just barely! Within minutes (seconds?) of crossing the finish it began to rain. And then continued raining and thunderstorming for hours that day. We were glad to get in our cars just as it really began to poor.

Colin and his good friend Larry Smith. They usually run together on Saturday mornings so for them it was just another Saturday morning run. :)

Colin is in the best shape of his life - running often and going to Crossfit daily. So proud of him and how well he did on this race!