1. My sister came!
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Longwood Gardens trip 1/6 for the year! |
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Aero loved her! |
2. Tough Ruck!
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Husband completed his second Tough Ruck. |
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honored local heroes from Delaware |
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took almost AN HOUR off his time! |
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thank you custom foot orthotics and Leukotape! |
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raised money for the Military Friends Foundation.
THANK YOU everyone who donated! |
3. Boston Marathon!
4. Easter!
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We've been adopted into the Byron clan for years :) |
5. Delaware Marathon!
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Made it look easy for 16 miles like this |
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Finished as 6th woman like this |
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But last 10k crying like this |
It wasn't my fastest standalone marathon, but just a hair faster than my Ironman marathon PR, and I made myself suffer more than I have in almost 10 years.
Race report coming soon! I just needed to sneak in my April blog post before tomorrow!