ON your mark, set , GO!!!

13 miles later---She made it--and still in good spirits too....

here she comes on the last stretch...

dad gives a little massage on the tired muscles
while she gets some energy from the oranges

this was funny--a hurst--(just in case its needed) ha

stocking up on apple oranges --bananas for the runners
it was a good stach for the expected runners at the finish line


yeah for good shoes--worn out from training--but all broke in


kaci now you and hayley are matching with medals for your run


stretching after the 13 mile run and just talking about
the race and what music she was listening to
and how she felt and stuff

way in the back is the time clock--and then the Halloween marathon truck
we were so happy when we saw her cute face on the trail
headed our way--I had binoculars and sawy her a bit a way
there was so much energy in the air with the crowd
clapping and ringing cow --bells and giving them fives
on the way in--that's the first time I've been at the finish line


here she comes (isn't the trail pretty lined with tree?)

I (mom) looked like in this pic I was dressing
up for halloween with that crazy hair!! I had
been wearing my hood it was cold
there really were lots of runners in costumes..
it was like a Halloween parade as they ran by--

pictured --dad and hayley and mom then leaving the track till next time
hail the conquering Hero..........................................
Hayley is a hero to us for training & running her 1/2 marathon -(-to dad and I-)- thirteen miles is a quite a Feat (surely not for the feigned hearted)
way to go! it was fun being there see you cross the finish line --and in a great time too!!!!!
;by the time we saw the time clock it was somewhere around 1 hour and 45 min which averages an 8 min mile --wow--but check her blog for 'official time" that's a pretty good clip clop--woo woo--you've come from winning the 'turkey trot' in elementary school to this--thanks for letting
us share in it--that was a lot of fun.

ps we'll think of that when we're running our little 1 and 2 mile workouts and feel exhausted (: