The Few, The Proud...The Buzzettes

After the Budapest half marathon our running crowd shrunk way down, but today Chelsey, Rebecca and I finished our second half marathon exactly two weeks after our first! This one was right here in Aviano, so the logistics were way easier. It has been raining for the past 3 days, so we were all suprised when it turned into such a nice day. Here is a shot of the three of us getting ready to start. It was pretty cold at 0730, but it turned into a beautiful day!



The course was super muddy from the rain and I totally fell into a ditch trying to avoid some particularly thick mud on the route. My shoes are already in the washing machine! This race was organized by people here on base and whoever was supposed to measure it didn't get it quite right. A half marathon should be 13.1 miles...this route was 15.2!! So this makes it the longest run I have ever done...nothing like 2 extra bonus miles through the mud!

Chelsey, Rebecca and I have been training together all summer, so this was our last "big run" before the guys get home. We decided to do this one up right, and run for our guys. We showed our love with their call signs "tattooed" (with marker of course) on our arms. We then emailed a copy of it to them in the desert...they would be proud of us.