The Banana Runs

The Banana ran our local half marathon with two friends last weekend. She had a fantastic time and loved running with the crowd on the sidelines cheering all the runners. She definitely plans on doing it again.

To prepare, of course, she had to do a lot of long distance runs, which she did not mind. She’s also been rowing and swimming during the weeks she was training, but the week before the big race she had to do fewer things, so she just did rowing practice and smaller runs as prescribed by the training plan. No biking. No swimming. Not doing as much was really starting to drive her a little crazy, and I actually heard her say a few days before the race, “I can’t wait until this half marathon is over so I can do ATHLETIC things again.”

“Um? Isn’t a half marathon an athletic thing?” I asked.

She rolled her eyes at me.