November 8, 2209 was the half marathon for my friend and I. We woke up around 4am and got ourselves ready and headed to the race. It was about a 30 min. drive so we had plenty time to wake up a bit more and do a little chit chatting before the race. We finally get there and we both had to use the restroom really bad and of course the line is way out to tim buck too! As we leave the restroom we come to find out the start gun had already gone off so we began our run and we started at the end of the pack. That was okay because we were not trampled by hundreds of people. It was still dark when we started and being able to watch the sun come up was a beautiful sight; especially on the East side of the island. I felt pretty good going into the race but my poor friend on the other hand was getting over being really sick. Each hill we came up to, I thought oh dear here comes a hill but rather I was cruising up very nicely. Instead of looking back for my friend I would hear her cough here and there so I knew she was not far behind me. The course went through a beautiful neighborhood and also along the beach, which my friend enjoyed the new scenery as well as I did! After 13.2 miles we reach the finish line at 2:22 and both very happy to have gotten to run together. I enjoyed having her with me all the way, it was nice to run with a friend. After the race we went back home to enjoy fresh fish tacos, football, friends and some ice cold beer. I will miss running with you, friend!
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