Austin Half Recap

Official Times:

Irina - 2:13

Cathleen - 2:22

Leslie - 2:42

Race Highlights:

- Having friends there to cheer us on! Our sweet friends, Brittney, Erin, and Jennifer, came with us and cheered for us at miles 4, 7, and the finish. It was so great to having something to look forward to at those mile markers!!

- SWAG! We got a spi-belt, messenger bag, free samples of water tablets, and Irina even got a free GU

- Beautiful weather with beautiful views of the city

- The LiveStrong Mile: around mile 9 there were LiveStrong banners, tons of people cheering, and fun sidewalk chalk messages

- The Expo: particularly the booth with the FUNNIEST running sayings.

My faves were:

- I thought you said "rum"

- This IS my race pace (i bought the magnet. . . it suits me!)

- Does this shirt make my butt look fast?
- I run have marathons because I'm only half crazy

- Awesome finisher's medal and shirt

Race Lowlights:

- The hills!

- It was great weather, but it was a tad windy

- The line to get our finisher's shirts was a little unorganized

It was a great race! And to top it all off, with the donations from friends, family, and co-workers, I raised +$1200 for Living Water Int'l!

May Race!

I am so excited to announce a May race for us to run. It's the Head for the Cure 5K on May 14, 2011 in Frisco. This is the first ever Head for the Cure 5K in Texas and is honoring local resident, Stevie Patrick. Stevie just happens to be BFFs with DPS' own Dusti Zundel and has been battling grade 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma since last May. Dusti and several of Stevie's friends and family have been working closely with Head for the Cure to bring the race here to honor Stevie. All proceeds of this race will benefit MD Anderson in Houston.

you can read more of Stevie's story here: http://www.teamstevie.com/ and here: http://prayforstevie.blog.com/

Stevie is a local business owner (Texas Boot Camp) and an avid Diet Dr Pepper drinker(particularly Route 44s from Sonic!). . . http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106155956097984 and Dusti is working to get Diet Dr Pepper to be a sponsor of this race! How awesome would it be then to have DPS employees show up in full force to support Stevie, other North Texans battling brain cancer, and MD Anderson research!

Registration is officially open so get registered and then help spread the word! https://secure.eventunited.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fHFTC%2fhftcnt%2fRegister.aspx