Wow - what a morning! We get up and the news says they are starting the marathon at 6:45 instead of 7:00. We run out the door and Justin drives us. Every road we try to go down is already closed - woops! Justin finally gets us close and we can see the Elite runners already going. We jump out of the car and walk until we get to corral 9 people - I see my friend, Melanie, husband and he tells me she is way ahead of me. We jump in the corral and start moving and before we know it here we go. I find her at mile 2 and away we go. I am so proud of her - she did a great job for her first half marathon!! Way to go Mel - you rock! We went across the finish line holding hands raisesd in the air. 2:36. It doesn't rain on us at all. Shortly after it starts to thunder, lighten and rain. We find shelter and are in contact with Jim. He is running the full. They close the course at mile 21 but Jim is determined to run the entire way. He turns around to run back and gets stopped by the police. He turns back around and heads to LP Field - he runs the rest of his miles in the parking lot! Crazy, stubborn, determined friend! We leave before he finishes. We are all back now. Dry, clean and tired. God is so good - no major storms and we got the race in! Thank you Jesus.