White Rock Marathon/Half Marathon Dallas 2007

Here we are decked out in our new Crown Royal vests for Brandon and I, and a Crown cape for Mikey. Fuel belts were filled with Crown Royal but do to an oversight on my part we didn't have any mixer we were able to improvise at the first aid station, turns out Crown and Gatorade make a great combination. Our race stats are as follows: 5 Crown stops 1 bathroom break for Mikey 1 beer stop at a spectators house followed by a short photo shoot and 1 twisted ankle at mile 7 or 8 on my part but was able to walk it off in a couple of blocks. Finishing time 2:12:44 10:08 pace

Group of first time Half marathoners except for Shelly on the left she is the veteran, it was her daughter Amanda's first next to her my niece Mallory's first as well as Sydni, Donna, and Annette's. Sydni and Shelly ran together for the whole race with the rest of the ladies running together until Amanda told them she was feeling good and ran off on her own. Mallory held on with Donna and Annette until about mile 10 when she started having knee problems and found an aid station. It wasn't a great surprise that she was having a bit of trouble as she said that she hadn't ran at all in the past year. Mallory did catch a ride to within a 1/2 mile of the finish and had them drop her off so she could run across the finish line so she covered the distance maybe next time there won't be a vehicle involved.
A view of the race start with about 5300 participants for the 1/2 Marathon
Shelly and Sydni Smiling big for the camera.

Shad Hicks and Clint Funderburk of Longview both competed in the Marathon, this was Clint's first marathon and Shad's second in less than a month after completing his first in Tulsa, OK just a few weeks prior to the White Rock Marathon. Pat Stevens also did the Marathon with a great time of something like 3:24 we don't know the exact time as he forgot his chip. Although, had he been wearing his chip his time would have qualified him for Boston. Congratulations to all who participated in this race look forward to seeing you all back again next year.