Last weekend we flew to Savannah to participate in the Rock n Roll Marathon (Jake) and Half-Marathon (me). We first made plans for this with Heidi back in February after we completed the New Orleans Marathon (Jake) and Half-Marathon-Relay (Heidi and me). The Savannah event was finally here, so off to Georgia we went. Heidi's boyfriend Tommy came to race with her and Heidi's good friends Aliesha and Chris came to see Savannah and join the fun.
We stayed at a cute little cottage in Tybee island and we started the trip by exploring Savannah, even taking an official tour with a guide. We learned that Savannah only has one hill... but we sure went up and down it a lot.
This was the first year Savannah has hosted a Rock n Roll event, so there were signs up everwhere welcoming us runners.
On race morning, it was cold! We set off all bundled up and started the race.
Heidi and Tommy and I passed each other a couple times along the way and then ended up finishing together too, all in our Built for Speed shirts (with a turtle picture on the back). Heidi and I initially had these shirts made to identify us as team "Wogger" (walk-jogger), but I think we're about to graduate to full-on joggers after this race! We watched Jake finish his marathon and then headed back to Tybee where we picked up some post-race food on the way home. (Yes, the photo here shows just the food Jake and I got for ourselves... Heidi and Tommy were slightly more disciplined.)
Before leaving our cottage, we tried to get a group shot, but it wasn't meant to be - first the camera wrist cord got in the way and then the focus didn't work right. But I think you can see how much fun we had from these anyhow :)
Until the next race!
