RACE RESULTS: Princess Half Marathon
The ladies of the RMEC returned from sunny Florida Monday evening proudly wearing their newly earned "Tiara Medals". To begin with, Tracy H, Patti, Ursula, and Jeannie all ran the Royal Family 5k on Saturday morning. All four ladies had on a "princess gown" that matched their favorite princess. The weather was cold, but all had a great time. Jeannie completed her first 5k race! Congrats to everyone.
On Sunday, things got more serious. . . well, as serious as a race can be where you run through a castle, and see characters every mile! Ursula is known for snapping non-stop pictures in a Disney race, and stopping for every character possible. This time she took a new approach, and decided to see just how fast she could run a half marathon. Turns out she can run one pretty darn fast! She knocked six minutes off her previous PR finishing in 1:58:49. This was good enough for 842nd place out of 10,902 runners! I am so proud of you sweetie!
Tracy and Patti made sure they had enough pictures to make up for Ursula not taking any. The two ladies stopped for over 40 pictures, and still managed to post an impressive 2:21:13 finishing time. I look forward to seeing all of the photos from the weekend, and hope you all will consider a race report. Congratulations to everyone! Full results are available online.


With ten RMEC members racing this weekend, I am not sure how big of a crowd to expect at the group run. I hope you will all still considering coming out to the Teeter. Remember, if you decide to skip this weekend. . . you can't get that run back!
Umstead Marathon: On Saturday, Frank, Ron, Scott, Amber, Jon, and Eric will take on the challenge that is known as the Umstead Marathon. This is 26.2 miles of hills, fun, hills, beauty, and hills. As flat-landers in Rocky Mount, we quickly discovered how much hills can wear you down in 2009. If you missed it, here is my race report from last year (
Princess Half Marathon: On Sunday, a group of Rocky Mount ladies are heading back to sunny Orlando to race in the Princess Half Marathon. Of course, you can't go all the way to Disney and just do one race. . . so they will also run the Royal Family 5k on Saturday. Ursula, Patti, Tracy H, and their friend Jeannie will all run the 5k. They have picked out their favorite princess "gowns" to race in, and then plan to visit the parks immediately after. I can hardly wait to see the pictures! The next day, Ursula, Patti, and Tracy H will get up while it is still dark and run the half marathon, while Jeannie volunteers to help with the race. The girls will still be having fun, but I expect some more serious running attire on this day. Good luck ladies!

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