booyah!

today i ran my first half marathon! [go me]
i ran in the annual teton dam marathon.

i ran it in 02:23:34 hours at a 10:57 minute mile.

although it's not quite as fast as i had hoped, i'm still proud of myself for a) doing it, & b) doing better than i expected to do.

before:

& after:

 this is my roommate rose, she ran the 10k.

such a successful day!  i feel so accomplished.

oh-- i almost forgot.  yesterday, i caught wind that the video i entered into the international language program's video contest won!  woot woot!  i've won the $500 & bragging rights.

here's the video i entered: