indy mini 500 half.

last year's indy mini was my favorite course... and the best half time i've had. this year's indy mini... well, not so much. not only did i keep thinking "i'm going to hit my stride aaaaany time now" and then i never did... but i had the worst time of a half that i've had. so suffice it to say, i was not thrilled with my half performance. but i did have fun heading to indy with alice and nicole who set personal bests and beat me by well, a lot.


holy moly, there are tons of people that do this race!!! i think like 34,000 people or something! it's one of if not the largest half.


seriously... see??? tons of people at the start... all waiting to go! and freeeeezing. did i mention it was freaking cold that morning?!


i never warmed up at all. i just couldn't get those legs to unfreeze, unlock and get moving. it kinda felt like i was working with 300 pound legs. the whole race. add frozen hands and fingers to that mix.


the famous racetrack... we got to run it! it is so much longer than i ever thought - i think it's like 2.2 miles around... i could double check my facts, but, ehhh, i'm way too lazy to bother right now!


if you look to the left of this smiley happy lady, you'll see me. in purple. probably pretending to be happy. i wasn't. i was pretty darn mad at myself since my watch tells me precisely what pace i'm doing... and my pace sucked.


again, behind yet another faster runner than me!


i actually kinda like this photo - check out that ponytail!


sweeeeeeet ponytail action here!


muuuuuuuuuuuuuust run faster! almost done. must get to HOT shower and sweats.



finish line!!!!!


and i'm done!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! worked hard for that damn medal this time!