Half Marathon 13.2 Miles In the Books…

I Was Feeling Great at the 10K Turn…

And since I was signed up for the half marathon, off I went.

And if it had only been 13.2 miles, I would have been fine. But nope.

Today I did exactly 20 miles. It took me three miles to get where I was meeting Kris and the others for pizza. Three miles of climbing stairs to get to sky bridges and wondering lost in casinos.

And then another mile to the car from the restaurant, and two miles from where we parked the car to the starting area.

Twenty miles. To say my feet are sore would be an understatement.

But walking the entire length of Strip round trip is great fun.

I finished dead last in my age group of about forty old farts, (I am 74) but I averaged 19.5 minutes per mile the entire way walking.

And I finished!!!

After the last few years, starting was the important part and finishing second important part.

I am slow getting back on email today thanks to being gone ten hours and I got to finish a story, but I will get caught up tomorrow.

Pictures…

Me in the condo ready to go…

Me coming at Kris and Lisa Silverthorne near our building downtown where they were cheering me on. About mile nine.

Me having pizza which I earned.

The three medals I earned this weekend. 5K, 13.2miles Half Marathon, and a remix medal because I did them both.