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team roseville post race...., originally uploaded by jenmdietrich.

that was my time. i did it :) am i happy? mostly. i could have done better and mentally am a little disappointed, but that's the truth. that said, in the big picture, i am proud of finishing my first half and plan to do it again. in almost one month in duluth.

weather was great! the warmest long run of our season so far (when the race ended it was at least 70, which for runners in the strong sun is mighty warm) and the winds didn't really pick up to right near the end of the race for me. thankfully~

had a scare...one of our teammates wound up in the medical area at the finish. very scary, esp since the runner next to her needed cpr and shocking. read in the Fargo Forum newspaper online this am that out of 13,000 runners, 6 needed hospitalization. pretty average actually. it happens. but thankfully our teammate came through pretty quickly after some hydration and being checked by a doctor pretty thoroughly onsite.

all 12 of our team ran the same race and all of us finished, 5 of us being first time half-ers. so rock on Team Roseville! (we're all part of the Lifetime Fitness Run Club in Roseville).

inspiring moments were the team of Rollie & Rory (one had a stroke 2 years ago, his friend pushing him in a specialized wheelchair through the entire half marathon) just mere minutes after i finished, and the 82 year old gent named Burton who finished the marathon in its entirety in under 6 hours. phenomenal. the human body & spirit are amazing things.

so it's done. big dance over. overall, had an eye opening weekend. but look forward to just a little bit of personal improvement. call it the small perfectionist part of me. i thank from the the bottom of my heart those who wrote, called, texted, emailed words of support. i can't even put into words how surprsised and touched i was by those messages of encouragement. they really stuck with me through all two hours and nineteen minutes...peace & hugs, ~jd the 13.1 runner girl