Accidental Marathon Runner

This could only happen to Renee. She and Mike signed up for a 5K run on Sunday Aug 29th. Her goal was to complete the race in under 27 minutes.

Renee is in great shape right now thanks to 6 weeks of Basic Training class at LifeTime. And the 27 minute goal was reasonable.

Renee and Mike lined up and started the race... After a couple of miles, Renee realized that something was wrong... where was the finish line?? She finally asked a fellow runner - realizing that he had a red letter pinned to him and Renee's letter was black - and she was told that they were running a half-marathon. At that point she was on a trail somewhere in Woodbury - so she just kept running.... and running.... and running....

She finished in 2:02:58

Renee Gebauer: 25 of 40 women in 35-39 - 86 of 162 women: 2:02:58

An accidental marathoner. There's no way I would have kept running.

P.S. Mike was pretty frustrated as he realized that they were running a half-marathon and thinking that Renee had peeled off somewhere he decided to stop running around the 10 mile mark and go find Renee. He was proud when he saw Renee finish. And he wished that he had finished too.