Cowboys, Sandhills, Blisters, Buffalo

We did it!
I finished in 2 hours 40 minutes and it was the most painful experience of my life, I would give birth again!
Ean GOT FIRST PLACE!!! and finished in 1 hour 33 minutes!! He set the new course time!
It was a really good race in the midst of all the rolling sand hills on a one lane road that lead to the town of Brownlee, but it was completely flat!
We started in the early morning


and there was still dew on the grass, it smelled great, and it was beautiful out.
I didnt see any snakes but heard a couple.
I forgot how different it is out here.


There are tons of Ranches out here


and along the highway there are signs with how many miles it is to the next ranch my great grandparents used to live out here and there last name was Nutt so there was a sign that Said 5 miles to the Nutt farm lol.




I wore my tye dye sports bra over my cornell one because I told myself that if I ever ran a half or full marathon I would wear it. I retired the sports bra after my first college race. as you can see it is falling apart. I got it in Spokane Washington at my first National Track meet when I was 13(?) and wore it at every meet since, didn't wash it and it has no elastic and tons of holes.



Here I am starting my first 1/2
not sure if ill do it again.
My feet went numb for about 6 miles, I took my socks off, that helped, then I got a blister, put the socks back on and then mile 9 to 11 hurt SOOOOO bad,I tried to stop and walk and almost fell over because my knee and lower back started to cramp so bad, it was like stoping made my whole body stop so I had no choice but to finish.
It was weired when I finished I wasnt out of breat or tired just in extreem pain.
















Ean and I with some cows before the start. They did start the race with a cowboy shooting off a shot gun!


With our engraved Horse Shoes

Ean receiving his 1st place prize... A Cowboy on a Horse!


I'm done I can't move, somebody get me an orange.

after the race I iced for a long time, took a nap, went to the hot tub, ate an AMAZING Steak dinner with a tall bud light! Then we drove out in the wildlife park and saw buffalo,
elk and found the spot where we will ford the river tomorrow for our 4 hours tubing excursion!
Now we are back at the hotel watching the lightning roll over the hills...its breath taking.
good night.