Race Day at Kiawah was an unqualified success. The weather forecast was the biggest worry as we knew a big rain front was on the way. We were lucky – the rain held off until after noon and all the Wake OBXers were finished by then. The overcast cool weather was perfect for racing and [...]
Posted on December 11, 2009, 6:16 pm, by Susan, under
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race.
After a year and a half hiatus, the Wake OBX group joined together to race together at the annual Kiawah Half/Full Marathon this weekend. The beginning of this newest group venture originated early in the winter at the Foothills Brewery over a pinky swear! Everyone registered and started training. Erik is our only marathoner this [...]
Susan with a Pirate Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie cross-posted on wakeobx: It wasn’t the same being back at the OBX without any of the original wakeobxers except Ron. But we returned for the Year 3 event with our daughter-in-law’s family. They had selected the OBX half/full marathon for their yearly family race event. We rented [...]
Finisher Medal Display Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie After starting to push for a late fall marathon many months ago, injuries kept me sidelined long enough to prevent sufficient time to train for a 26.2 mile race. So I compromised and trained for the half marathon while Erik trained to do the full. The rest of [...]