{"id":4188,"date":"2016-11-13T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2016-11-13T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T23:31:11","slug":"run-hard-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4188","title":{"rendered":"Run Hard Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back about 4 or 5 years ago, a FB friend of mine named Shawn, started up a little FB running group. \u00a0He named it LUNAR (Lace Up Now And Run). \u00a0Since he started up that page, it’s been my home away from home. \u00a0I’ve made many running friends there…friends that, in my opinion, can and will stand the test of time.<\/p>\n

Last year (2015) at MCM, I met 3 people from this group. \u00a0It was a quick meeting but a lot of fun!<\/p>\n

This past weekend, MFH and I were able to meet up with a large group of these people. \u00a0We call ourselves affectionately, LUNARS.<\/p>\n

Two women from this group contacted me, let’s see, it must have been right after I got home from Berlin? \u00a0They asked if I was going to be at a half marathon in South Carolina. The Run Hard Half Marathon.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I hadn’t really thought about it. \u00a0I told them I would talk to MFH (My Favorite Husband) and see what he had to say. \u00a0I knew I’d be deep into training for my 100 Mile race and honestly didn’t know what he would say.<\/p>\n

Would you believe he said, “Sure!”<\/p>\n

I told them it was a go and registered for the race.<\/p>\n

When I was registering for the race, I told MFH that they had a 5K and asked him if he’d like to run the 5K. \u00a0Again he surprised me and said, “Sure!”<\/p>\n

WOW! \u00a0I signed him up before he could change his mind. \u00a0HA!<\/p>\n

Race day got closer and closer. \u00a0More and more of us were signing up for the race. It looked like we were going to have a good group there!<\/p>\n

Finally, it was race day weekend. \u00a0Thursday morning arrived. \u00a0MFH took Paxton and the cats over to Reggie’s House to play while we would be gone. \u00a0While he did that, I ran my 15 miler.<\/p>\n

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Friday morning, we loaded the car, hopped in and drove to South Carolina!<\/p>\n

MFH and I checked into the hotel and met everybody at a local restaurant. \u00a0All of us then piled into cars and went to the Expo.<\/p>\n

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MFH and I even managed to get a pic of the two of us! \u00a0We were having so much fun!!!<\/p>\n

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After the Expo, we were starving! \u00a0*or at least I was* \u00a0We headed out for something to eat. \u00a0The food was good. \u00a0The company was even better!<\/p>\n

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Now all this time, I had a secret up my sleeve. \u00a0This race was very close to MFH’s birthday and these wonderful running friends of mine helped pull off a surprise birthday party for MFH!!! \u00a0They bought a cake, candles, party horns…the works!<\/p>\n

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Boy oh boy was he surprised!!! \u00a0It was awesome!!!<\/p>\n

Next thing I knew, it was time to race! \u00a0We met and sharpied up our legs in honor of two terrific runners on our LUNAR FB page and then headed off to the race.<\/p>\n

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Everybody ran strong. \u00a0It was a terrific race!!!<\/p>\n

MFH ran a 30:29 5K~ZOOM!!!<\/p>\n

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I had a nice HM training run! \u00a0#100MileTraining<\/p>\n

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We all came away with some very nice bling! #willrun4bling<\/p>\n

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This morning, MFH and I drove home. \u00a0We buckled up and pointed the car west.<\/p>\n

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There’s no place like home.<\/p>\n

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No races on the schedule until December 10. \u00a0This will be a “little” 50 miler. \u00a0It will be a training run for February’s 100 miler. A 50 mile race as a training run….that’s so messed up! \u00a0Gotta love it!<\/p>\n

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Happy Running, all!!!<\/p>\n

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#MSBlueCrew \u00a0$10 Discount Code: \u00a0MBM17MH \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.msbluesmarathon.com\/<\/p>\n

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