I completed the Navy Air Force Half Marathon on Saturday September 14th. The race started around 7:30 am. I met up with a friend before the race to take the metro to the race. She has done these types of races before and she was able to answer some questions that I had. My time was 1 hour and 50 minutes (8:26 pace). It was good enough for 620th place. The results can be found here. I was thoroughly exhausted at the end. My legs are still sore today. The course started at the Washington Monument, went across the Potomac River, back across the Potomac River, up to and past Georgetown, down and and around Haines Point, and finishing at the Washington Monument. The course I ran can be found here. On the course there was a guy was juggling 5 red balls will participating in the half marathon. He was a good juggler when I saw him because he did not drop the balls while juggling. There was also a sign that said "Touch here for Power" and had a circle representing where people needed to touch to get more power. A few people by me went over and touched the sign for the power. Eventually there will be picture from the race taken by photographers during the race. The official site for the race can be found here.
Me before the race
Washington Monument before the race
Banana Cake
This week I made a banana cake with chocolate frosting for a church voters meeting. This is first time I have attempted to bake by myself. I do not have an electric hand mixer. I had to use a spatula or wooden spoon with elbow grease to mix the cake batter and frosting. The cake turned out really well! You can see it for yourself in the picture below. The cake was so good, I was not able to take any home after the voters meeting. Thank you Mom for the recipes and giving direction on how to make the cake.
Banana Cake
Banana Cake with Frosting
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