Essentials

Essentials for a first Half marathon in no particular order:

1. Find a babysitter who will spend the night so when you leave at 4am you're set.
2. Have an awesome running partner (supportive, concerned, handsome- see below)

3. Calendar on the bathroom mirror to get the satisfaction of checking off every run
4. Sign up for a race that buses you to the top of the canyon and then you run downhill nearly the whole way (ie Provo canyon)

5. Be prepared for sore legs
6. Be very happy that is was just 13.1 and not the 26.2 that will happen on October 3 aahhhhh
6. Ipod shuffle
7. Smart wool sock and good shoes and ibuprofin