D: New Bedford Half Marathon :)

We did it!! The entire weekend was great! My cousin Dan arrived from PA on Friday afternoon, and the fun never stopped!

Thanks to my sister, Dan and I were able to sport the most amazing running tutus ever! We were a HUGE HIT with the crowds cheering everyone on along the route! Dan kept running back and forth doing twirls and leaps haha

My mom treated us to cupcakes... 1 hour before race start haha Hey, gotta fuel up right?!

The race was great. FREEZING, but great. The temperature never went above 40*F, but it was sunny, so at certain points, the sun was nice and warm. Despite a bit of expected asthmatic woes, I felt great through the first 10 miles and we were making amazing time. And then it hit me... and it hit me HARD :( The last 3.1 miles were awful and KICKED. MY. BUTT.

We were able to finish strong and in the end I shaved 2 minutes off of my previous time! Not much to brag about, but having presented my thesis proposal 48 hours before, I am going to take it as a WIN haha

Dan and I have an amazing family. We were truly blessed with the best supporters! We had fans at miles 2, 5, 10, 12, and the finish line! They were equip with drinks, signs, and encouragement! So great :)

This is the whole "mile 10 group" minus my aunt who was taking the photo

Teague and Stephie

Some of the group

Mom and Teague

My uncle in his super-festive socks

Ashley and Sabrina

Aunt Gert and Ava

Ava and her new BBF's the big stuffed horse

Nana with her adorable new pup Sam :)

One of our awesome signs the family made :)

My beautiful cousins with the sign that they made :)

The other side :)

These are a few of the pictures that my family was able to get of us and my Uncle from their spot at the 10 mile marker!

My Uncle stopping for a group hug! He was amazing!! 70+ years old and kicked butt!!!

The home stretch!! This was about 100 yards from the finish-line! Photo credit: Katie Nunes

Found Rachel at the finish line! She kicked some serious butt at her first 1/2!! Thanks to her mom for snapping this photo of us :)

I am SO SO SO thankful to everyone that had such wonderful, encouraging words. I have the best family and friends a gal could ask for, and basically owe you all about 50% of the credit. I get to keep 50% because let's face it, I AM the one that actually did the work ;)

An extra special thank you to my hunnie :) He puts up with my exhausted, crabby, smelly-from-the-gym behind with a smile (sometimes haha) on his face and I am eternally grateful!