I woke up at 7 and did my e-mail and then yoga on the terrace. Everyone else is still asleep.
Whatever. 
Catching up with work and all of you now.
Short version of race report.
It was HOT and HUMID.
OH NO!!!!! I hate humid - yes Toronto is very hot and humid in the summer!!! So no smart a$$ Canada crap. For those of us who trained in cold climates, it was tough.
I guess SO! And even our resident Florida goddess thought it was hot.
Now that's hot then. 
So I was MELTING well before the race even started.
Let me tell YOU about melting. When Ms. Liz talked about her tinted moisturizer I instantly thought WT F? Why? I can not put any moisturizer near my face in the spring/summer - MELTS off in a second.
My first 5 miles were fine...chugging right along at race pace.
Yeah! Melting, so hot, getting water and every single station. At about mile 7.5 I felt my hamstring go.
I can't even believe that you were okay to run in general Erika - So good on you. Wow. Just lost it. PAIN. So I limped along for about a mile and then I decided to text Liz.
Of course. Of course you did Yes, texting from the course! I didn't know where Nancy was (she didn't know what her race plan was going to be...she had considered staying and walking with Liz, so that is why I texted Liz). I said, "Send me Nancy. I need her."
That's what I want to say on a DAILY basis. 
And literally about 2 minutes later, Nancy and Meg materialized on either side of me!
Seriously, not to get mushy - but I can almost feel that/see that. So powerful. Nice! It was awesome! Seriously, I got teary when they came up from behind me. SO SO SO happy to see friends. (And no, they weren't with Liz. They started 8 minutes after me, and had just caught up.)
I explained the situation and they stayed with me for the last 4 miles and the 3 of us finished together. And I was and am so grateful to them both. They both had much more left in them, but they hung back with me.
Guess what I'm doing? Of course I'M SIGHING. 
We crossed and then stalked the finish waiting for everyone else. This is not nearly as easy as it sounds as the race officials move you out of that area FAST. So naturally, there were *some* shenanigans involved.
But there was no way we were going to miss our friends finish.
Yes we all remember last year. 
Jo finished next. Yes, JO! We mobbed her when she crossed. And Nancy and I cried right along with her. It was an incredible and moving moment. Jo freaking ROCKED this Half. ROCKED it. She'll share her story when she can. But it was so great to be there for her.
PLEASE TELL JO: Jo, I felt my stomach drop in PURE GLEE at this point in the race report. I wasn't shocked Jo. I truly wasn't. I knew that you were there. I am so incredibly proud of you. So happy for you.
Once we were all across and appropriately blinged out, we all got massages.
Free? Are they free? So curious. Off to the cars--where we changed and stripped right in the parking lot and drank beer. Because that's just how we roll. Then off to Cape May for breakfast. It was about 10:30 by this point.
Breakfast was good and Minnie was AWESOME. She was super impressed with our bling.
I guess she was. 
Do you think she's a she? Another curiosity. And we were all pretty impressed with ourselves!
No showers, because we are SO hardcore, and right back into Epcot to park tour. Stayed till about 3:30, then back for more beer and pool time. Headed back to Epcot for dinner and Illuminations--all blinged out and taking the glory from those who congratulated us.
After Epcot, where we never did eat, we headed to Jellyrolls, stopping at the Boardwalk pizza window for food. Now keep in mind, by this time, it was 9:30 and we had not eaten at all since Cape May. And we had run a Half and park toured in the heat. We were hungry!
I guess so.
Then on to Jellyrolls, where we sang (loudly and off key),
Except Nancy right? With the off key I mean. I KNOW she was loud!!! Smiling. Broadly. danced on our well-worn feet, did tequila shots, and drunk dialed the Cutie and Paula.
Hello!!!! Jealous. 
Jellyrolls was spectacular as they played MANY songs for us. Of course, our theme song "I get by with a little help from my friends." And also "Jesse's Girl" for Paula,
Nice. I bet you could feel Ms. Paula right there. "Brick House" for Kat. And Nancy and I had a moment when they sang "I'll be there." Because the lyrics are "Just call my name....and I'll be there."
Jean would LOVE that. She loves Michael's original version. I bet you guys felt that one!!! Which is exactly what happened on the race course.
Finally back home at 1:30. 22 hours, 20+ miles on our feet, and an amazing experience.
Yes, this IS the short version!
I'll give all of the other little details (like runners puking and passing out from the heat...and the warriors in wheelchairs...Team Jesus, etc.).
Can't wait.
Goddesses are FINALLY waking up now...off to DHS!
) and in your honour I sang 'A little help from my friends' when it came on my IPod! Now the neighbours think im weird, but thats nothing new 
and the first thing I thought was that they were probably in their corrals ready! (I'm CST)
