Professional photos from the ARAMCO Houston Half-Marathon

[TornadoWoman]

After the ARAMCO Houston Half-marathon last Sunday with the cold, damp,
windy and rainy weather,  it took me until the next day to warm up.  They
say a person doesn't catch a cold from BEING cold, but for 3 days now, I've
had a fever and chills, a HORRIBLE sore throat and a headache, etc., so I AM
wondering if the cold weather CAN contribute to a cold!!  Thank goodness, my
throat is starting to feel better - I've been treating myself with my
old-time remedy of Zinc with Vitamin C and Echinacea - I THINK it helps!!  

Here are a few of the pics from the Half-Marathon

[Sherrie Little]

Good to see you smile in the last photo.....you are amazing!!

Try eating some chicken soup, it will help you fell better too.

[TornadoWoman]

Thank you Steve and Sherrie; also, thank you for the tips.  This morning I sound like a frog when I talk, but at least my sore throat is gone!  

I sure must have been out of it when I labeled 2 of those photos above!  I had already crossed the finish line (that timing mat was behind me (I was thinking that was the one at the last mile marker), and I didn't get my newspaper sleeves off until I was waiting in the line for the finisher photos!  Those endorphins after finishing that brutal race must have been too powerful!!!

[ozzieowl]

I love to see this sort of thing, real people doing real things,

good on you TW, I don't think I could run to save my life now

and you look sensational !

[TornadoWoman]

Thank you ozzie.  I'll bet you COULD run if you started out slow with short distances!  I got into training for marathons by accident when a friend asked me to join Houston Fit.  I thought it was a fitness program.  Was I surprised when we got to the park and I had paid the registration fee, that this program was a marathon training program!!  At that time I said, "I can't do this!"  I DID stick with it, and after a hamstring injury my first year of training, I DID complete my first marathon in 2000 when I was 61.  Due to a torn hamstring last year, I missed out on any long races, and due to some hamstring and sciatic nerve problems THIS year I missed out on 2 months of training, but at least this year I did recover enough to finish the Half-Marathon.  So there are NO excuses!!