On Sunday, February 18th, my niece, Brittany (AKA Bug) and I ran the Palm Springs 1/2 Marathon! We waited until the last minute to try to book a hotel for the holiday weekend and were SOL! We had to wake up at the crack of dawn and drive all the way to Palm Springs from Yuciapa to make it to the race by 7AM. The weather was perfect and I actually didn't really mind getting up early since I'm a morning person. I felt sort of bad for the kiddos and the rest of our supportive fam who made the early long treck to cheer us on though. They actually made it to 4 or 5 different mile markers! It was fantastic!! Gavin didn't enjoy seeing me run by though...he'd scream and cry each time I passed him! Although I know it has much more to do with her own personal will power, determination, and motivation, I like to think that I may have inspired my niece to run in some small way. I'm incredibly proud of her for running her first 1/2 marathon and I hope to run many, many, more with her in the future. Who knows...maybe one day Gavin and Kelan will join us!! For now, Bug and I are focusing on training for the San Diego 'Rock n Roll' Marathon in June. It's on June 3rd, my 29th birthday, and I can't think of any other way I'd rather spend it! Cheers to another marvelous long run!!
On Sunday, February 18th, my niece, Brittany (AKA Bug) and I ran the Palm Springs 1/2 Marathon! We waited until the last minute to try to book a hotel for the holiday weekend and were SOL! We had to wake up at the crack of dawn and drive all the way to Palm Springs from Yuciapa to make it to the race by 7AM. The weather was perfect and I actually didn't really mind getting up early since I'm a morning person. I felt sort of bad for the kiddos and the rest of our supportive fam who made the early long treck to cheer us on though. They actually made it to 4 or 5 different mile markers! It was fantastic!! Gavin didn't enjoy seeing me run by though...he'd scream and cry each time I passed him! Although I know it has much more to do with her own personal will power, determination, and motivation, I like to think that I may have inspired my niece to run in some small way. I'm incredibly proud of her for running her first 1/2 marathon and I hope to run many, many, more with her in the future. Who knows...maybe one day Gavin and Kelan will join us!! For now, Bug and I are focusing on training for the San Diego 'Rock n Roll' Marathon in June. It's on June 3rd, my 29th birthday, and I can't think of any other way I'd rather spend it! Cheers to another marvelous long run!!
4 comments:
Yeah Alyssa! I'm stoked that you just ran a half marathon!!!!!!
Congrats also for posting another blog; you've been dry for awhile. lol!
Go Alyssa!!! You rock babe!!!
so what was the time? by the way, it's Brian (Siana).
Great job Alyssa!!!
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