We're Finishers!

Today was THE BIG DAY a.k.a. MARATHON RACE DAY

We were out the door a little past three and made it downtown by 3:45. We met up with others from scott's work around 4:30 and walked to the start. We started together at 5, but everyone ran their own race so we didn't all finish together.

For the first 10 miles, it rained. It wasn't a fun experience trying to see where I was going with my glasses on; we were soaked. That wasn't all bad once the sun came out -- we did stay a little cooler and the clouds helped give us some cover from direct sun.

We stopped at every water stop and walked through them, which was a nice break. We met some more of Scott's fellow 3/25 members between 17 & 18 and they had food/water for us -- it was nice to see a familiar face.

We did pretty well from mile 10-20. We stayed motivated and steady. Mile 20 is where it started to get challenging. My legs were on fire and by mile 23 Scott was miserable too with leg cramps. At that point it was only 3 miles left, but it was a LONG 3 miles -- especially considering we had to go back up diamond head before heading to the finish.

The last mile was a killer -- we could see the finish as we went around Kapiolani park, but it felt like it took forever. We ran it out to the finish and finished in 5:21 according to my watch.

We ran the whole way, which was pretty impressive. Hard to believe that we actually did it!

We hung around this afternoon; alternating sleeping and eating. I don't know how we'll feel tomorrow, but if today is any indication it may be a bit rough being mobile at work tomorrow.

It was a good experience; people cheered, bands played, and we ran with 25,000 of our closest friends. And the t-shirt: the most important part.