Robyn and family: Family getaway and race recap...

I clocked in at 1:59 (and a few seconds) for the Ft. Collins half marathon last weekend. While it's exciting to get in under two hours the run was a little slower than I hoped, but overall I was pretty happy. I finished in the top 25% of women and in my age group with an average pace of just over 9 min/mile. The best part of the race was going up for the night with the family. Spencer and Shoshi are so much fun to hang with and are finally much easier to travel with (and require a lot less gear than in years past!) and it's so great to have the family waiting at the finish. Jon is the best cheerleader (along with Spencer) and has fun with the kiddos (and thankfully the keeper of my warm clothes for after the run!).

The race was from one point up a canyon to downton Ft. Collins. I had to take a shuttle at 5am to the start and then stand around for over an hour in the 30 (if that) degree weather waiting to run. Once we started I did exactly what I said I wouldn't do...I started out too fast. I was aiming fo ran average pace of about 8:40/mile but started out around there (and a little faster) which left me a little deflated the last five or so miles. Oh well...live and learn. I'm signed up for another half marathon in about a month so I'm pumped to beat this time.

The race was really pretty, running for the first few miles through a beautiful canyon and then meandering through...well...I was so focused on putting one foot in front of the other I'm not quite sure where we went from there!

I had a bunch of running friends that ran the marathon or half marathon and we had dinner with some of them Saturday night...here we are carbo loading at an Italian restaurant.