I ran a half Marathon.....again ;)

Dear sir in tie-die shirt

Thank you for giving a complete stranger a sip of your water at Buena Vista Half marathon.

Signed- Girl who felt like she was in a desert and had no other choice.

Dear: Kind Running ladies behind me.

Sorry you had to see me puke at around Mile 10. Thank you for the napkins to wipe my face. Maybe I should not have taken water from a stranger.

Signed: Girl who finished anyway.

Becky Dallin Smith Dear Nic: You are an inspiration to so many. Great job on your 1/2 marathon. You go girl! Beck

Dear: Michelle B.

Thanks for putting your arm around me! I could not have finished with out you!
Glad you were not one of the kind running ladies right behind me and had to see the offensive behavior in nature. Because now we can still be friends.

...Love: A very thankful friend

Michelle Salmon Boswell You helped me, just as much as I may have helped you! I believe that everything happens for a reason and I was more than happy to finish out the race with you!! I hope you are feeling better :) I love all your little letters on FB! Oh and in case you forgot, I am a nurse and it would take a lot more than vomit to make me not want to be friends with you! You have been an inspiration throughout this whole process and have always been williing to train with those of us who are slower less motivated runners!!! Love ya lots!

I love my running friends! And will gladly take more! :) If you think you can you can! If you think you can't, think again! :)

Tirsa Hamilton Allen so true! I was NOT a runner half a year ago and now I am!

Tiffany Downs Brown How did your half marathon go? I saw the pictures. It looks like a hard but beautiful course!

Nichole Johnson Very hard. Very beautiful. proud of myself for finishing despite the fact that I had to bum water off of a complete stranger because they only had 3 aid stations and it was 85 degrees outside, And I stopped and threw up at mile 10 and had... to walk the last 3 miles. I am very impressed with your training in the heat. The race started at 9am and I had been training at 6am, and I did not think the race people thought it would be so warm in the mountains. Wish the race would have started earlier and maybe I would have felt better. Not the best race for me but still VERY FUN!

Jennifer Eastman Fryer I did it! And now I want to pass out.

Tirsa Hamilton Allen Just had the best weekend in Buena Vista with the pink ladies. I ran my first half marathon today and accomplished the only goal that I had for it...to not walk at all. It was so fun! (Yes, you read that right...I said fun and run in the same sentence! Who would've thought?) Too tired to post pics. tonight though!