Horse Capital half marathon recap

Saturday I ran half #13. The Horse Capital half, in Lexington, KY. This was their inaugural race and it was amazing! It was probably the prettiest race I've ran. It was very hilly, but the scenery was so worth it!
This was another rainy race. It wasn't a nonstop rain, like my derby mini, it was just an off and on downpour. As soon as I was drying out, there would come another downpour of rain. But it wasn't bad at all, it felt good, and really kept me cooled off.

On Friday I met my Instagram friend of 2 years, Margie, at the expo. We had a great time chatting and walking around for awhile. It was then that I decided I would run the race with her on Saturday. I wasn't planning on 'racing' anyway, so I thought why not run it with a friend and help her PR!

Friday night I met Charity at Portofino's and we had a delicious dinner, then headed back to the hotel to try to get some sleep.

Not quite carb loading, but this chicken was SO good

I woke up at 5 a.m. Saturday and was out the door by 6. Traffic was really bad. I sat in it for about 20 minutes. Thankfully, I left an hour early just in case that happened. They ended up delaying the race by 30 minutes because of the traffic problems.

I saw my friend Amy for a few minutes before the race. I always love running into her at my races. She was  running her 2nd marathon!

 Margie and I found eachother and we were off!
We had a great time running, walking, talking, laughing, trying to get ahead of the 3:00 pacer, and then making sure we stayed ahead of her!
The course was beautiful. Unfortunately because of the rain, there were very few horses out. But we did see a few.
We crossed the finish line at 2:54, which was over a 10 minute PR for her!! And that was in the rain, on a very hilly course. I am so proud of her!

 I read somewhere "the only thing better than getting a PR is helping a friend get one". That is SO true!

As we were standing at the start line, this girl next to me asked me if I was FICTM. I said yes, and she said she recognized me because of my shoes and the bandaid on my ankle! (Instagram pictures)
I knew Sierra was going to be running this race, so I was so excited to find her, standing right next to me! We all made plans to meet up after the race for pictures, of course. :)
I have almost convinced both of them to run the Indy Monumental marathon in Nov. with me!!

After the race we got some KY Ale, chocolate milk, chick fil a sandwich, goetta sliders, etc. All kinds of food!
This race was so much fun. I loved making new friends and seeing old friends. I LOVE this running community!

Did you race or run this weekend?