Chapter 2 page 320 - Race recap part 4 the end

Yep - this was the reason I did it . . . I worked REALLY hard for that sucker!

"R" (C's sister) was amazing!!!  She did the race almost all by herself - that's some hard core guts (that I definitely don't have!).  I later learned that "L" walked the last 1.5 miles with her - see, "L" was a HUGE factor in our success!!!  Thanks "L"!

"CHEERS" to you too, champs!

How crazy there wasn't a professional photo so . . . this is the best we could do.

Thank goodness it's over!

Some of the awesome peepes I met along the way - couldn't have done it without them.  I called these girls the "pink team"  Aren't they cute - we had been "friends" since mile 4 or 5 . . . that's a good 2 hours of friendship :)

The "rest & recovery" area was made out to be this fabulous area and perhaps it was had we gotten there earlier.  It closed promptly at 11:30 which was the official end of the race.  There were things like free beer, free lunch, free massages, vendors selling things, free chocolate milk, and other post race free things - but by the time I was able to rest and recover enough to enjoy it - it was closed up.  There was suppose to be a concert and food at a restaurant - hmmm, nope, didn't see or hear that either.  That was pretty disappointing, but it wasn't the end of the world - we ate elsewhere and then traveled back home - thankful to be done and knowing I won't be doing that race again anytime soon (or more likely . . . .never again!).