Alvin Lives!

Today was my scheduled 12 mile long run--last long run before my FIRST 1/2 marathon on April 17th--that is right, only 2 weeks away.  I am running the Asbury Park 1/2

Thankfully some mother.runners meet me this morning; it turns out I really needed the company.  Nikki stuck with me and helped me keep pace; 10:38 overall pace---but we had a break at 5 miles and photo stops that were not included in our overall time--is that cheating?  The last 2 miles were KILLER and my hip flexors from my gliding motion HURT---what was I doing?

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The Manasquan Reservoir was beautiful this morning.  We we got there and my car was registering 44 degree outside and it was foggy---very foggy, but I knew that fog would burn off and the temperature was expected to get in the high 60's this afternoon.  4 miles into the run---I was HOT and the sun was out, but the trail really provides just the right amount of coverage.  

It was about 4 miles when Nikki and I spotted ALVIN--yes, Alvin the Chipmunk in his tree.  This really cracked me up.  We were planning on breaking at mile 5, back at our cars, and I planned on grabbing my phone to snap a photo on our way back.  Here it is:

We also wanted photos of us running (or I did and Nikki was too nice to say "No, keep moving").

Here is me coming:

Here is me going:

Thank you, Nikki, for taking the photos and for not minding the stop---unfortunately---my photo taking skills suck and the pictures I took of Nikki with her camera all include my finger---I will do better next time:) Even the great shot of Nikki trying her first GU (post dry heave) did not get saved properly---I need a tutorial on my phone camera. (P.S. GU is Gross---but at least I kept it down)

We made it--12 miles done--but I am still not sure, I feel like a runner (don't tell anyone--I am a sham:)