Hot Mamas: Beach to Bay Relay Marathon

Okay, here goes nothing. I've decided to throw caution to the wind and actually join the blogging world. After recently perusing our blog, I realized that if I didn't join in at least occasionally, the blog would soon be overridden by marathon stats and more than you could ever possibly want to know about shaving. (Since the Great Shaving Revolution of 2008, it now takes Greg longer to get ready than it takes me. He is pretty--I mean, um, dashing?-- when he's finally done, though.)

That said, it is amusing that my first blog is about running. I don't run far and I don't run fast, but I did run part of a marathon on May 17, 2008. 11 friends and I participated in the annual Beach to Bay Relay Marathon in Corpus Christi, Texas. The 26.2 mile race begins on the beach and ends along the bay, and is run by six-person teams. We had two teams so that we'd have running buddies.

My pal Erika and me. She had run a half marathon a few weeks before, but she very graciously kept to my pace, which was, in a word, slow.

The trade-off--there were actuall batons! Passing the batons was definitely the coolest part of the race.

Here are our two teams at the finish line. Dig the medals! The matching shirts were a stroke of genius (thank you, Kim) because there were thousands of runners and finding teammates was tricky.

After the race a bunch of us spent the afternoon at the beach with our families.