January 1 - and I woke up bring and early, maybe even too early for a 9am race start, to run the Hangover Half Marathon, a new race put on by KC Running Company at their Leawood, KS store. It was a small race, less than 200 people for the half distance, but that doesn't make it any less fun. I was running with a fellow KC Express member, Courtney, and it promised to be a good morning. Several other KC Express members were there to run the half or 5k option. We got in a selfie as always.
KC Express in a pre-race selfie
As Courtney and I were about to head out, I took just a picture of us. Can you guess which one of us may have still been drunk from the night before?
Humm....
The course was out along the Indian Creek Trail system that runs over a large portion of Johnson County. It is pretty, paved, and well maintained. The course was an out and back route, so we made it to the half way point!
Ohhh. We're halfway there! Ohhh, livin' on a prayer...
After turning around we made the 6.5 mile trip back to the Leawood store. The sky was gray and overcast, but overall it was great weather for a run.
Jumping at the finish line!
We finished the race with a time of 2:33:34. Not the world's best time, but we weren't out there for time. Just a nice, healthy way to start the new year. Thanks for the run Courtney! Let's do that again sometime.
Cheers to our finish!
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