It's all about the shirt!

This weekend was the Fargo Marathon; one of our favorite weekends of the entire year.  It’s a toss-up with Bison Homecoming! 

What do these weekends have in common?  Friends.  Family.  Sense of community.  Anticipation.  A reason to eat whatever we want all weekend long.    Cheering sections that can't be beat!  Both weekends start and end at the FargoDome!  Not to mention, both are a great excuse to get a new shirt!

What makes these two weekends different?  Homecoming we buy a ticket to sit in the stands and cheer.  Marathon weekend, we pay to play!  We tie up our shoes, pull back our hair, and head to the start line.  There's nothing like it!!

This year we signed up for the half marathon and “oopies” (as Pinky would say), we just never started training.  This is kind of an important part of marathon weekend.  Needless to say, I was feeling less than prepared as the marathon approached.   (Besides the fact that I had found pretty awesome running shirts for Beret and I.)

Fortunately, I am part of the marathon version of the 3 musketeers and we have an “all for one and all for one” mentality when it comes to race day.  We were hoping to run about 6 miles and see what happened after that. 

The good news:  We ran just about the entire thing. 

The part that reinforces the need for training: The last 5 miles were incredibly slow and painful! By mile 10, pretty much the only thing that was getting me to the finish line was knowing they would have an abundant supply of nutterbutters and chocolate milk (which they did)! The little cups of cookie dough were the icing on the cake! Next year my shirt should say “will run for cookie dough!” 

My favorite running shirt!  (Philippians 4:13)

It all starts at the dome: bright and early before the race

Obviously going for a GOOD time and not a good TIME! 
We love to stop on Broadway!

Yes, he rocked the fargo half marathon!  And is already
talking about how many minutes he can cut off his time by training next year! 

Our favorite cheering section!  So sweet!

I wasn't kidding about the food! 

With our medals and our #1 girl!

Cheers to a job well done!

I think I need a new pair of shoes.  Pretty sure I need to see someone about my knees.  But I am pretty sure I'll keep my awesome running partners and the shirt for Fargo Marathon 2013!