race recap: get in gear half marathon

Oh boy. For those of you that live in Minnesota, you know what awful race weather we had yesterday. Cold. Wind. Rain. I'll say right off the bat that this was one of the most mentally taxing races for me but I wasn't running this for myself. I was running it for Ann . pre-race I woke up around six before my alarm even went off and met Ann in the kitchen for a cup of coffee to get things moving . (If you were on twitter, you likely saw all the pre-race poop talk.) During breakfast I was trying to decide on what to wear during the race. It wasn't raining yet and I thought that I might be able to survive in just shorts and a long sleeve. As I was about to walk out of the bedroom, I thought about being rained on, how long we would be out there and how bad it would hurt to chafe. Shorts off, capris on. Best decision ever. Ann, Jay and I We got to the race and parked about a half-mile away. At this point it had started to rain and as we walked across the Ford