Half on the Half

Completed the Houston Aramco Half Marathon yesterday, Jan 17. That's 13.1 miles. It was fun -- before and after was fun -- as I got to spend time with MBD and her BFF, and then with all my kids and HH for lunch afterwards. Can you say SORE. Very, very sore. I didn't train like I should have; so, I am thankful to God for allowing me to complete 13.1 miles, all in one piece.

The thing I struggle with is the half empty/half full thing. I'm afraid I see the half empty part of it mostly. Like, 3:24:45, soooo slooooow. I had to walk most of it. My runner's byline is "They time me with Carbon14". But to show you what I mean:

Half empty: finished in bottom 4%

Half full: 599 finished after me

Half empty: bottom 8% of all female finishers

Half full: 465 finished after me

Half empty: Females, age 60-64, bottom 35%

Half full: 36 finished after me

Brimming: Houston has 2+million residents. I figure I'm in the top .25%, at least, figuring the other 99.75% didn't even participate.

I finished. Yaaay! And today, I can even walk without limping!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Now that Christmas gift exchange is past, I can share what I was working on so hard. It was an Apron Christmas this year. I made aprons for almost everyone in my family. I have pics of a few of them, but not all. I'm hoping they'll wear them and take pics and send to me. I was so busy making them, that I didn't take the time to take photos before wrapping. Here's MBD and MHSNL modeling their aprons. His was made from a pair of MHGS old jeans. Had to do a lot of piecing to get it big enough as MHGS' jeans were skinny, skinny, skinny. Hers shows chili peppers and free-hand machine embroidery "Chili Out". They can enjoy wearing them in their newly remodeled kitchen.

I also made bags for MBGD and my mom. I made ToteATee's for MBGD and a huge bag for my mom with expanding pockets so she can pack 8 pairs of shoes in it when she goes to visit my cousin. Here's the ToteATee's. The Texas one is a messenger bag.