Yesterday, I embarked on my first-ever Women’s Half-Marathon in Washington, D.C (#WeRunDC, ha!). I’ve never been the most athletic, so what would possess me to challenge myself physically–and to such extremes? Perhaps it was the alarming statistic that “4 out of 5 African American women are obese or overweight.”
The Nike Women’s Half-Marathon started with our arrival in Washington, D.C. Saturday afternoon at the beautiful historic Omni Shoreham Hotel. Hubby and I headed over the Georgetown to the Nike Registration for the Half-Marathon. Seeing the maze of the long line with women from every conceivable age group, every size and color was so inspiring. The line moved quickly to receive our race information and racing bib with chip for my family to track my every mile along the course. My race bib # 17060 which means there were over 17,000 women registered to run or walk the 13.1-mile half-marathon. Can you imagine?
