Rose Runs A Marathon!!!

This is a little belated but here it is. Rose has been training since early this spring for the Mayor's Marathon here in Anchorage. She put a lot of time and effort into her training regimen and accomplished her goal for the race.

For the most part, the course took her through the wooded trails of Anchorage. However, 7 miles of the trail were through the Fort Richardson military base. This section was 7 miles of tank trail, in otherwords, very uneven dirt and rock. It may not sound to terribly difficult but after you've already run 7 miles and then the next 7 are through this area with 12 more to go, it's very taxing.

In the end, Rose crossed the finish line at a good clip, she ran the whole race without stopping and she accomplished her goal of finishing quicker than her last marathon.  She finished in 4:21 and was 16th out of 84 in her age group and finished in the top 20% of all women runners.

After I met her at the finish line, I had ordered pizza for her from moose's tooth in town, which is some of the best pizza! That was the one thing she wanted after the race. After we got home with our pizza, we ate and talked about the race, I was extremely proud of her. But it didn't stop there! After her ice bath for her legs, she proceded to get ready to go to work! She said all along she had to go to work afterwards but I thought she was nuts. I ended up taking her and she worked until midnight and I went and picked her up. She then went to work the next morning for a full day. She's one tough girl!

Great job Rose!