pssht that wasn't hard

so basically that was awesome.

there are no words to describe the feeling of successfully completing our first major race, enjoying every minute of it no less. So we figured to give you an idea of our day we would walk you through it:

9:30pm Saturday -- going to bed... don't laugh we had an early morning
4:30am Sunday -- wake up call for the race, and yes it was raining
5:00am -- pick up and head to the busses
5:30 -- arrive at the bus stop, yes it is still raining time to eat our power bars and HOPE the rain stops
6:00 -- time to board the busses, it appears the rain has let up
6:30 -- bus arrives at the starting line, and the break in the rain is over just in time for us to stand outside
6:45 -- nice runner-man gives us a trash bag to create a makeshift shelter from the elements (WIN)
7:00 -- shit. race time in one hour... still cold but whatevs we got this..right?
7:30 -- we should probably warm up, good thing awkward announcer dude is making all of us do jumping jacks
8:00 -- START
8:03 -- ok now you can start... the mass of people prevented an on time start

Racetime:
mile 1 -- went by fast, 8:40 was our split, faster than our plan but we were feelin it...
mile 5 -- OHHHH we're half way there, OHHHHOoO livin on a prayer (and yes we sang out loud, and yes the man running next to us commented on it)
mile 6 -- oops that was too fast (DANA slow down, thanks Mar)
mile 7 -- fac loop left??
mile 7.5 -- lion king anyone??
mile 8 -- where's the water, not powerade... WATER
mile 8.5 -- girls holding beer sign "GO LOYOLA"
mile 9 -- We. can. do. this.
three blocks to go -- man on the side of the road, "three blocks left!" mary -- "Dana don't listen to them they're exaggerating"
100m -- Aunt Amy, "dana, oh DANA!"
FINISHHHHH

1:22:56 later... we finished, sprinting no less :)
we finished tied for 888 out of 4,000 people and tied for third in our age group... basically we DOMINATED, and don't worry mary let everyone know as we crossed the finished line "HOLY SHIT" hahahaha

Now, for that marathon.....