baton rouge beach half marathon

So about 2 months ago Ashley thought it would be a good idea for me to run the Baton Rouge Beach Half Marathon with Keegan's dad Brett - she wanted to socialize with Marie during the race. I agreed since it had been a while since I had done anything competitive (last race was the summer before Eden was born). 

 

Either Ashley has developed a strange new photo passion or someone else had the camera before I ran across the finish line.

 Perhaps the best part of my run was when I was able to catch Brett around mile 12 and push to the finish in front ... I think he'll be irked about that for a long while. He is most upset because he passed me around mile 6. I let him go ahead knowing that as long as I could see him I could eventually catch and pass him. He had no idea I was closing in on him between mile 10 and 12, closing the 90 second gap rather quickly.

The best part of the race was seeing my two girls at the finish and having a big pair of lungs screaming "Daddy! Good job!"

And no race is complete without a post-race stretch ...