I finished!
What an unexpected journey it was. I never thought I'd ever run again after high school, I hated running that much. Sure, I did a couple Pat's run 4.2 milers in the past few years, but that was for fun and I wasn't real serious about it. 13.1 miles needs actual training and prep.
Somehow my sister in law convinced me to join her and my nephew for the PF Chang's half marathon. None of us have ever done anything like this before so we were all in the same boat together.
I have to admit, it was fun. Not only the race, but the 4.5 months leading up to the race (which isn't quite long enough to properly train) and in fact, I might even be hooked on running now.
My time sucked because my knees started hurting bad at around mile 9, so I had to walk the rest of it. For a while there I was battling it out with the blind woman being led by the guide and I lost, but I did beat Fat Batman.
So if you're thinking about signing up for a race, DO IT!. Believe me when I say, if I can do it, anybody can do it.
Plus, after the race you get to eat an incredibly unhealthy chimichanga guilt free.