Flying pirate half marathon

What an experience! 
My old college roommate and good friend Chris wanted to do a half marathon.  Since she drove all the way to Savannah for my first marathon I told her to pick a race and I'd do it with her.  She chose this race held in the outer banks of North Carolina.

Originally Suzy was going to run with us but she got slammed with end of the year schoolwork. So, I woke up early morning and drove the 9.5 hours it took to get to Kill Devil Hills/Kitty Hawk, NC. It was a long drive, thank goodness I had the sense to download an audiobook onto my iphone. I listened to The Girl who played with Fire all the way there and half of the drive back.

Two of my college buddies and I reliving old memories :)
The day I got there, the weather was perfect.  That night though, mother nature had other plans and it rained all evening and the entire day Sunday. This, of course, included race time.  I don't mind running but I do mind being wet and running, so I was just miserable the entire race.  It was a lovely course and the promoters put on a damn good race.  If they could have done something about the torrential downpours though.

 Here I am at the Wright Brother's Memorial.
I don't think I could have been any happier to cross the finish line. Seriously, I was completely aggravated and disheveled by Mile 13. The last .2 miles were the longest in my life.

It looked like a great after party. We even got egg biscuits, visors and a really nice medal.

After I got back to the hotel and cleaned up, I had a great weekend hanging out with some very good friends. I love the fact that we are just as goofy now as we were 20 years ago. It's good to know that some things never do change.