Oh what fun :)

Another awesome race weekend that I'll be reminiscing about for a long long time!

I was dreading the actual race the most due to some injuries and lack of training, but it turned out to be the highlight. Running with M and C was great. We finished the race in 2 hours 25 minutes and 44 seconds. Beating C's goal by 4 minutes! M and I were just hoping to beat 3 hours and thinking we'd end up walking quite a bit so we were exscatic! M even got a PR! Knowing that the three of us as a team finished way better then any of us would have by ourselves is pretty cool. Like M said the finish line was pretty overwhelming :) Thanks girls!! And a thanks to J and C for picking me up during mile 4, if ya'll hadn't come along who knows how my day would have gone :)

It's hard to explain how exciting these races are. People think we're crazy, but you can't imagine the feeling of running a big race like this, the starting corrals, then fan support, people you don't even know cheering you on, the finish line!! It was awesome to get to share this with 8 newbies!! Congrats to all 16 finishers!

Other highlights -
Getting my dance on in Knoxville
Sharing the country bar experience with R&K
Fried pickles!
Sole Mio - mmm mmm good
2nd Annual Messina Bar B Que - love those ribs!
post race concert - Phil Vassar and his band put on a great performance
Live Music in great little bars! Legends, WannaB's, The Stage!
Dancing on the bar at Coyote Ugly with my girls :)
Trying to find pizza at 3am (so nashville has one flaw)
Breakfast at Cracker Barrel on the way home to make the trip last a little longer :)
Sharing the weekend with old and new friends!

Coolest Moment -
It's prob 1:45AM and we're hanging out at the Stage singing and dancing along with the band. When I hear the lead singer say 'Give it up for Joe Nichols' (or something like that). WHAT.... YES!! Joe Nichols (my country crush) is up on stage. So I zig zag b-line to the front :) He sang Brokenheartsville then left. It was too crowded to make it over to catch a pic cause he left pretty fast. I think I was still in shock the whole time he was singing that he was actually there! R knew he was my cc and was just as excited for me!! I prob went a little too crazy, but that's the fun part!! I'm sure my 'new friends' think I'm silly :) I am :) I still can't believe he was there!!!

Oh Nashville how I love thee :)

Countdown til the next race begins :) 124 days!

btw - I have amazing friends! You guys are awesome!