Narrows Bridge Half

Dan and I ran the Narrows Bridge half-marathon on 8/2. Exactly 5 years earlier, we were getting married. Dan pointed out an interesting point, the morning of our wedding, I drove out to McDonalds with my girlfrieds for my last bachelorette breakfast. On the day of the half marathon, I got up super early and yup, ran out for an other Mcdonalds run...sure was yummy! If you are interesting in reading my half-marathon journey feel free to read on...

So, we started on the Gig Harbor side, the anticipation was killing me a bit. I couldn't decide if I wanted to Dan to run with me or not, but I figured, it would be nice for me to have him around, because he is good at pushing me. But, I am an oxygen hog so I asked him not to talk but run next to me. The first couple of miles was fairly easy, running over the Narrows bridge was an experience that I will never forget. I drive over it all the time, but to run the mile stretch was an awesome view of the sound and the mountains. I was a bit worried because during training, my knees has been killing me, thanks to the new shoes, I have no knee pain what so ever. Going from Route 16 to the off ramp was the killer, I walked a little bit, but was able to pick right back up. By 4.5 miles, I got some water and gel, and I wish people would tell me to eat the gel first and than drink water because I had this nasty vanilla paste in my mouth! We ran through Cheney Stadium and paralleled Route 16 for awhile. The cool part was that this one guy who was running a bit ahead found out it was our anniversary during on the first water station. For rest of the way, we were greeted with "Happy Anniversary" at every water station from then on. It was a sweet surprise and by then, Dan wouldn't dare to leave me fearing if he showed up at a water station by himself, people would think he is a jerk for ditching me, hahaha!

The final stretch was hard even though I've ran 4 miles all the time, but my thighs were getting sore and my music was getting boring. So Dan and I switched IPODs and that helped a bit, by the time I saw the finish line, I knew I could finish it. No, dan and I did not hold hands, but we were able to finish together.

533 DANIEL 29 M M2529 02:37:46 02:37:12
534 JUI-HAN 30 F F3034 02:37:46 02:37:12

I still can't believe we got the same time, right down to the tenth of a second.

Poor Dan, he could of ran much faster, but I don't think I could of done it without him...pictures to come...