Last weekend, I ran in the Slacker Half Marathon in Georgetown, CO. It is the highest elevation, downhill race in the country, starting up at over 10,000 ft and finishing at about 8000 ft. It was a gorgeous course, and FAST! My goal was to PR, and I did by 6 minutes! I ran it in 1:35:29, which is a 7:17 pace. I was happy enough with that, but then found out that it was good enough to win my age group as well--a nice bonus! It was a fun race and a course I'd love to do again. The only down-side? After running that fast, and pretty much ALL downhill, I could hardly move the next two days. But as all runners know, that's a small price to pay for the satisfaction of a PR.
Two of Tony's sisters, Haley and Angela, also ran the race and PR'd. Also, Haley's friend, Elena, ran it and was AMAZING! It was her first race ever, and she beat me by almost a minute and a half. Lucky for me, she wasn't in my age group. I think she's found a new talent and hobby!
Our whole family went as far as Cheyenne and Tony and the kids stayed at his brother's house there while the runners went down to CO for the race. The kids had a great time playing with cousins. They have a great place there with lots of room to roam. It was a great weekend!
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