Well for the second year in a row I completed the Half Marathon (13.1 miles)! It felt too much like work today!! I was really tired and several times even walked a short distance. However, my personal goal was to finish under 2hrs. and 10 min…I finished in 2hrs., 9 minutes and 31 seconds a pace of 9:53:2 per mile!!! Jeff stayed with me till the very end when I wasn’t sure that I would make our goal and told him to please go ahead. He finished in 2 hrs, 8min. and 7 seconds a pace of 9:46:8 per mile. We had 28 PNGers sign up before Saturday and then I think 4 more that signed up Saturday morning, however only 9 actually ran. There were four girls that were done after the first couple of miles. Another guy dropped out around the 4th or 5th mile and yet another at around the 7-8 mile mark. There were only 3 nationals that finished! 
One collapsed on the road heading from the highway to the main gate. He hadn’t eaten anything in the morning or drank anything the whole race! He ended up in the ER getting re-hydrated with IV fluids. ( He was in church Sunday morning and was doing fine) He, I guess, did make it to the finish line but I don’t know if he was carried or walked across on his own! He was second after Dave Oviatt, a volunteer docotor, who won with 2 hrs and 3 min and 24 seconds a pace of 9:25:2. Jeff was third then Johnson a national guy who was the best trained for the race of the PNG guys and who was in first place for most the way till he ran out of steam. I was next and then one more 
national guy came probably 3-5 minutes behind. Some of them were running in bare feet, flip flops and the guy who ended up in the ER was running with what looked like a slip on dress shoe. We also have a special group of people we call the "Road Crew", while we are on the road running, they look out for the runners. The road crew is made up of our missionary colleagues and kids, they lead in front and follow behind dispensing drinks and making sure we stay safe and assist should anyone need any help along the way. They do a great job! As Dave Oviatt would say after many of our training runs together over the past 7 weeks or so, "A good time was had by all!" (Except maybe the guy in the ER!!!)
Well for the second year in a row I completed the Half Marathon (13.1 miles)! It felt too much like work today!! I was really tired and several times even walked a short distance. However, my personal goal was to finish under 2hrs. and 10 min…I finished in 2hrs., 9 minutes and 31 seconds a pace of 9:53:2 per mile!!! Jeff stayed with me till the very end when I wasn’t sure that I would make our goal and told him to please go ahead. He finished in 2 hrs, 8min. and 7 seconds a pace of 9:46:8 per mile. We had 28 PNGers sign up before Saturday and then I think 4 more that signed up Saturday morning, however only 9 actually ran. There were four girls that were done after the first couple of miles. Another guy dropped out around the 4th or 5th mile and yet another at around the 7-8 mile mark. There were only 3 nationals that finished! 
One collapsed on the road heading from the highway to the main gate. He hadn’t eaten anything in the morning or drank anything the whole race! He ended up in the ER getting re-hydrated with IV fluids. ( He was in church Sunday morning and was doing fine) He, I guess, did make it to the finish line but I don’t know if he was carried or walked across on his own! He was second after Dave Oviatt, a volunteer docotor, who won with 2 hrs and 3 min and 24 seconds a pace of 9:25:2. Jeff was third then Johnson a national guy who was the best trained for the race of the PNG guys and who was in first place for most the way till he ran out of steam. I was next and then one more 
national guy came probably 3-5 minutes behind. Some of them were running in bare feet, flip flops and the guy who ended up in the ER was running with what looked like a slip on dress shoe. We also have a special group of people we call the "Road Crew", while we are on the road running, they look out for the runners. The road crew is made up of our missionary colleagues and kids, they lead in front and follow behind dispensing drinks and making sure we stay safe and assist should anyone need any help along the way. They do a great job! As Dave Oviatt would say after many of our training runs together over the past 7 weeks or so, "A good time was had by all!" (Except maybe the guy in the ER!!!)
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