and the winner is ...

not me! but i did finish, so there. the chicago half marathon was this weekend and they had a 5K available as well. mia and joe ran the half marathon (which explains the lack of pictures of them, since they had to be there an hour before us), terri ran the 5K, and gayle and i walked the 5K. and we didn't even come in last.

{terri & gayle on the train taking us to the race ... notice how dark it is outside and how we shouldn't be awake at that time, much less on a train downtown}

{me and gayle waiting for the half-marathoners to start so we could get in the back of the 5K line}

{me & terri before the race}

{terri & gayle before the race ... and that guy in the blue shirt kept smiling in our picture}

{all three of us before the race. yes we had a lot of time to spare}

{after the race. yes they gave me a medal}

{gayle & terri after the race}