Borgess Run For the Health of It

Borgess Half Marathon (Kalamazoo, MI) 4/24/2010

Well I got to start the weekend off getting Kali ready for Junior Prom and then Kristen & Jen spent the night. What fun to have a girls sleepover. Then it was off to Kalamazoo at 5:30am for race packet pickup and preparing to run.

We were kinda of hoping for a light mist of rain part of the way into the race. The morning started with sprinkles off and on all the way from Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo. However, that was the last of rain we saw. Luckily the temps stayed down and after shedding long-sleeve shirts the temp was comfortable for the race. The first 5 miles flew by and made me nervous. We ran anywhere from 9:05 to 9:52 per mile. It was very flat! We usually average about 10:00 miles. So it was scary to think what might happen later since we were faster than expected. Well we found out about mile 7 when there was a HUGE uphill. We passed people on the hill which felt good but it took a lot out of us. The the next few miles were work. It was nice to be able to run around a lake though at this point. If it weren't for scenery this part would have been even harder. We did have a few spots that we walked throughout the last miles.

It always amazes me what God allows us to do with our wonderfully created bodies. I did see a great t-shirt slogan: PAIN: the feeling that God allows us to have to realize we are still alive. HAHA! is all I could think.