Today’s the ½ marathon so I was awakened at 3am when Bill got up to go. I never really fell sound asleep so I struggled to get up. Then from 7am on, I was getting text messages with all their progress. I got ready to go running around 8:30am, but Kristin called and Bill finished (got the text). Chatted with Kristin a bit (all three girls—Jodie, Kristen, and Melissa had finished), then Bill walked up to them and I chatted with him a minute. This delayed the run a bit.

Got out there and couldn’t decide if I wanted to do just one mile or two. Ended up settling on somewhere in the middle. Ran 1.75 in 15:26 (8:49/mile pace). Had my music on this morning and I guess that kept me going at a pretty good pace.

Bill ran the ½ marathon and did great—about 2:17! As he puts it, 1/3 done. He’s got the full marathon tomorrow.