2014 Epic Little Rock Half Marathon Recap (and yes, I'll start blogging again)

Honestly, I don't know why I cannot keep up with my blog.  Perhaps I keep trying to "reinvent" it - meaning, I initially started this blog to write restaurant reviews, but then I found yelp.  Then I wanted to do a recipe blog, and wasn't able to keep up.  Now, it'll just be about anything.  It should be easy, right? We'll see.

On March 2, 2014 - my friends and I traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas  for their Epic half-marathon.  It was a fun girls trip and one of many more to come!  It was a really quick trip (we flew in Saturday morning and left Sunday afternoon), but it was still a good trip.  

On this trip, I learned that my friends were trying to do 50 races in 50 states.  That really peaked my interest since I love running half-marathons and started doing 'runcations'.  To be honest with you, this was one of the more random events that happened (going to Little Rock) because after talking to one of my friends, I just signed up with them.  I remember thinking how I shouldn't do this because I did sign up for two more races at the end of this month (all in Texas). But I'm glad I did :)

Race day was miserable.  This race reminded me of Chevron half 2013.   When we arrived at the start line, it was about 55 degrees.  Within an hour, the temperature started dropping.  Then, it started raining.  We knew it was going to be cold and rainy because the "Winter Mix" was coming in (just our luck, I know).  What we were all more concerned about was our flight back to Houston.  

Anyway, with our ponchos on, we took off.  One of my girlfriends even found a razorback poncho and used it (she's an Aggie - ha) and at the finish line, she ripped that off.  The race was a bit miserable and cold, but I'm glad we all finished.  It wasn't my best time at all.  In fact, I think this was my second worst time, but I did stop at the port-o-potty line and walked a bit with my friend because she wasn't feeling great.  I even told myself before the race started that this wasn't for time, and it sure wasn't.  

What we didn't learn until we got to the airport... the race had started closing off and re-routed the marathon runners.  Some (or even most) were not able to finish.  They still received their medals, but they were not happy about it.  My friends and I apparently made it right before the started closing the course down.  I assumed it was because of the weather. Our flight was delayed a good few hours and I was just glad to make it back.  

Overall, an awesome trip still and an awesome medal!! The medal was the main reason why we picked this race. I cannot wait for our next runcation! 

Look at my rocking medal! Came here just for this!