Must be a little CRAZY

I have this crazy little friend, Melissa. Two weeks ago she told me that she would like to run a half marathon, just to see if she could do it, just to see how far she could go. I work out every morning, (not running, can't just leave the kids at home alone and definitely not determined enough to do it before Todd leaves in the morning) so I thought, "Hey, I'm in good shape, I could do it!" So...I told her I would do it with her.
Ya, running 13.1 miles without training....who do I think I am? We got up early and went over to a nearby town where they were holding a half marathon on a Saturday. I actually thought it was a cute little town and told Melissa that I may end up living there someday.
Changed my mind. I now hate that town.
It was the hardest run I think I've ever done. I ran a marathon...26.2 MILES, and this was more difficult. It started getting difficult for me around mile 3. I couldn't believe it had only been three miles, and my IT band injury was killing me in both my knees. Melissa did a good job of trying to keep talking to me so that I wouldn't focus on it, but it still hurt.
Every mile felt like three (I guess that's what happens when you don't train). I kept up with Melissa until mile 9, but she was staying too fast for me. I was able to "run" for 2 more miles, but at mile 11 I had to walk at a fast pace. I had hit the wall and was not trained to overcome it. To make matters worse, I was STARVING!!! They had water stations every 3 miles, but that was it, just water. If you're a runner, you understand that there needs to be some sort of nourishment...an orange...an apple... goo.... gatorade... ANYTHING.
I did finish though. I was happy about that. The course was only open for three hours, and I was nervous that I wasn't going to be able to finish it in time, but I finished it with time to spare ya, maybe enough time to blow your nose. The good news?! I placed third in my age division!!!! Yay, go me!! There were only three of us in my division, but who's counting?
It turned out being a good experience. It was really hard, and reminded me that I do have limits, yet I can still accomplish what I focus on.
I was really stiff, sore and tired afterwards, yet I wasn't off of mom-duty because Todd's out of town, but thankfully LeNae helped when she could. Surprisingly I was able to do a lot of house work later that day....but I did walk around like I was hit by a car. Oh, and tell me why do I have so many stairs in my home?