2017 Flying Pig Half Marathon

What can I say?  It was hilly.  It was hard.  It has great swag.  I did it!

Swag from the Expo.

Ready to go!

Overlooking the Ohio River in Eden Park

This dog ran the race.  Her name was Ginger and she ran without a leash.

Her owner says she has run over 200 races.

After the race, ready to head home.

 

Time out

A couple weeks ago I started having upper back pain.  It wasn't too bad so I continued to run including an eight mile interval run on Saturday with my MoJo friends.  Unfortunately that was the last good run I had.

The solution I found was to go to a chiropractor.  I've never been to one so I was unsure of what to expect.  I knew it wasn't covered by my health insurance.  As it turned out I should have found one that was in network so at least it would apply to my deductible.

Anyway... $340 and five treatments (and one pending) later I made the decision to defer my Flying Pig Half Marathon registration.  I was never convinced I really wanted to do it and the deadline was two days before the race.

When I woke up on today and knew that was the last day to defer, I considered several things.  Was I feeling better? yes  Did I want to defer (for a cost of $20) and have it hanging over my head for another year? no  Could I do it? yes

Nicki had said that she was okay with me having to walk alot of the course if necessary so I made the decision to do it.   The expo is tomorrow.