Lewis and Clark 1/2 Marathon, Sept. 13, 2009

Where to begin...Saturday afternoon, Heather, Angela, Patricia and I met at...oh yes, Trader Joe's. I am pretty sure that is the only reason the girls wanted to do this race! I have never been to Trader Joe's, so, I was not aware that chocolate covered edamame was like gold! I the four of us bought enough to feed a small army (that's about 33 containers...) Just image the shopping cart. So for those who haven't had it, yes, they are that good.

After Joe's, we went to Clayton for dinner. It was the St. Louis Art Fair, unfortunately, there was not time to browse the art. We were on a mission to eat. We found a place were we all could eat, i.e. vegetarion options, no wait, called Portabello's. We laughed, a lot, pissed off the waiter, and ate some really great food. Oh, and Patricia shared a really YUMMY secret! After dinner, it was back to the hotel to sample all of our Trader Joe goodies. Yum!

Without going into a race report, here's the recap. Patrica PR'd by two minutes, whoo hoo! Angie was right behind her and had a great race. Heather has had better races, weeks, luck etc...and wound up finishing strong. I had a good race, felt very strong and just about ready for KC Marathon...PR or the ER!



It was a great course, great weather and great friends. Thank you to my hubby for helping my parents while I had fun with the gals! I was beat and so were my pups! We all napped on the way back to Lawrence!