What I got from the marathon

I got all kinds of goodies as a participant in the half marathon.

I got a goodie bag before the race and another one after the race.

I got granola bars, water bottles, sport bags, samples of shaving cream and body glide. Coupons for $ off shoes and rental cars. A t-shirt and a free beer at the end of the race (I turned it down).

I'm most proud of this: My medal and bib number.

You can see the bib number got a bit abused during the race. Sooner or later I will probably lose track of that. But the medal I will hang on to for a long time.

Hopefully I will soon be adding others to the collection.

It's a pretty cool medal.

But here's a picture of one other thing I got from the race:

In answer to some of my dad's questions from his comment under the last post:

The blister actually got it's start during my 11 mile practice run last Monday. It was pretty big then, but not this big.

It popped that day and I have been putting Band-aid brand blister cushions on it.

These are awesome. I don't know if I could have run without them.

But the blister got bigger anyway.

I actually went out and ran 2 1/2 miles this morning to burn out the lactic acid in my muscles to help them heal from the race.

I'll take a day off tomorrow.

The blister popped during todays run. Yes, Dad. I'll be sure to keep it clean.

The race pictures should be available soon. I'll post them as soon as I get them.

-Della