Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Ready...Set...Rock...

And "rock" we did...Matt and I ran the New Orleans Mardi Gras Rock 'n Roll 1/2 marathon on Sunday!

Wow...how good it felt to pin a race number on my shirt and be racing once again! Thankfully I was able to pick my running back up pretty quickly after having Cooper, and I have loved every minute of it...you do not realize how much you enjoy something until it is taken away from you.

We had fantastic weather, the race course was flat and fun, and we got to spend some time with some great friends! We could not have asked for a better race weekend!
We spent Saturday night with David (Matt's best friend from high school) and Mary Catherine. They live on the westbank so we were riding the ferry across the river to get our race packets.

Our chauffeur for the weekend...Tim...one of Matt's best friends from college. He lives in New Orleans and fortunately didn't have anything to do this past weekend so he chauffeured us around from spot to spot.
Not the best quality (phone picture) but this is us waiting on the race to start. We arrived around 6 AM for a 7 AM start...it was pitch black dark and freezing cold!

Again not the best quality (phone picture) but this is us pretty soon after we finished...

Finally found David and my camera...this is David, who so kindly let us spend the night at his house. And...we had a fun time visiting with him and his wife...always good to see friends you don't get to see very often.

David, Matt, and Tim...

The "proud" finishers...way to go us!

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