OBX Marathon

This past November I ran my 3rd marathon. It was a great experience...challenging, but good. The weekend was filled with family activities and we had great friends come with us for the trip. There's something about running a marathon that is very satisfying. There is so much preparation leading up to the race and you never know how your race will go. Then when I was running, I found myself asking "Why am I doing this?". But crossing that finish line is a huge feeling of accomplishment it makes me forget all the pain and struggle I may have had getting to that point.

Here is Derek waiting to see me on the course, or maybe I had just run past and he was thinking, "Mom, what are you doing?"

We spent a lot of time at the beach. The kids loved our night walk, looking at the stars.




Our good friends, Patti and Johnny Lesley came with us. We enjoyed a morning at the Wright Brothers Memorial.



The kids could have spent all day at the sand dunes.




Some more good friends from Virginia Beach came to see us after the marathon. We were able to take a drive out on the beach with the Lesley's jeep. We drove out to a remote town which is only accessible by driving on the beach. All the "roads" in the town were sand and Chris was able to see some wild ponies.

  

Thank you to our friends for making this a fantastic weekend for all of us!