Happy Halloween!

First attempt at a kiss

A little hangover from Peru

While in Peru in August 2009 (check earlier posts for info on the trip) my retina detached. After many, many, many operations I think I just had my last. Today I had a cataract removed from my right eye. Here's hoping for a good eye future.

It's pumpkin time

40th Wedding Anniversary

And they said it wouldn't last. Ha! We may have been too young to know better (18 and 21) but somehow it worked.

Pictures

This is 19km into the run with 2km to go and I'm still smiling.

The guy in the red with the pink ears is my 2:30 Pace Bunny.

Finished the half!

It was a perfect day for a run! I beat my last half marathon time by 20 minutes. Missed my target time by 5 minutes but I'm super happy with the improvement I made since Run for Water in May.

We started the run at 745am and saw a rainbow over Okanagan Lake. I ran with the 2:30 group, which is the time we wanted to finish in. We were led by a Pace Bunny who kept us running at the necessary pace and told us when there were walk breaks. We were following the Running Room program of 10 and 1. We ran for 10min and walked for 1 min. I kept up with the group until about the 14km point but was only 5 minutes behind.

I will post pictures tomorrow. I haven't yet seen the pictures Dave took. Hope there are some good ones.

The crowds kept us fueled. Jen held a sign "Go Mom. We love you." A couple of my favourites were "Run like you stole something" and "If it was easy, I'd be running too".

Running on Sunday

This week's assignments are in and I am packing the car for Kelowna where I will run 21km on Sunday.