Half Marathon and Lake Stevens PR's all over the place

ok...it's so early I must be crazy for being out of bed.

Sunday was way cool. Kevin had a PR with 1:36 for his first half marathon. He floored me when he said he could do the time and there his was at the finish line, right on time. Kids were super excited to see him and they told them how proud they were of him. They could also have been exited too because the pirates that were giving away the finisher medals also had stickers. Needless to say the kids got stickers, candy and oreo's and thought DAD was pretty cool.

My friend Beth completed the half marathon too. She did great considering she had been sick the previous two weeks and this course was super hilly. I think all in all her time difference was 8 minute difference, which is fantastic.

Right after the half marathon we headed up to Lake Stevens to watch our friends Scott, Mark and Jennifer compete in half IM. This race in specific is a qualifier for the 70.3 half Ironman which will be hosted in Florida.

Race was awesome to watch especially watching the athletes come in with super fast times. Man to see those folks and how they make it look easy, is way cool. Our friend Scott's goal was to come in under 5 hours....can he do it. We see him come around the corner...not sure how many miles he has left...than we see him come to the corner where he can go left to do a second lap and right to the finish line. He comes to the right and there under the time says 5:06. Considering that the elites start early you essentially have to take this time from the clock. Scott's time was 4:48 a PR and a spot to Florida. WAY to go Scott. Mark had a PR on his time which is about 10 minutes better than his other half great job! Cool stuff...improvement...what we always want. I am not sure how Jennifer placed as she mentioned this was a training day for her so that is cool too. Kids had fun as they love there new friends Scott and Mark. I even think the girls gave Mark a kiss on the cheek to tell him good job...he is gaining points:)

We are headed home to lounge around. Kevin's friend Benny is headed over to stay the night as he has a bus. meeting this week and didnt want to travel in the AM. Benny brought over his bike and he plans to do the STP so we will have to see how he does later this week. 204 miles on a bike that's gonna cause some chaffing.

than we headed ff to bed as we had to work in the morning. My lotto ticket has yet to be purchased so I guess no complaints to why I have not won, maybe this week my luck will change. Than I can be one of these freeks that keeps their job and says how they just love their job:) Truth is I do love my job. I should start to do some is the reason I got up early.