RAN VAN 2012

Well as many of you know I ran my second Half Marathon last weekend - May 6th - in Vancouver, B.C.  Mary Jo and I have been training for the last few months and it sure paid off. 
The morning of May 6th we woke up at 5am to get ready.  At 6am we left to walk a couple miles to the starting line.  We arrived right on time with our muscles warmed up!  We started running just after 7am.  The views were great - it was a new route this year.  We went through many parts of the city and ended going through Stanley Park.

We crossed the finish line after only 2hrs.  That's about a 9.15min miles.  A huge improvement from my first half marathon where I ran about a 10.5min/mile pace.  Check out some race day photos here! 

Looking perky for a 5am wake up!

 

 

We all three crossed the finish line together!

The last mile was brutal, but finishing felt amazing!  We sat in the sun, stretched, and ate our sack lunches.  We took the sky train back to our hotel to get cleaned up.

On our way out of town we stopped for a bite, the market, and pretty views at Granville Island

 We ate lunch at Bridges on the patio with a view of the water and bridge!

 OH! Canada!  We will see you soon!