Hubs and the Half...

...what would I have done without Matt? He was amazing during my half! He tagged along with Sherrie's husband, Henry, during the race. I had given Matt two tasks: 1. To hold onto my bag and 2. To take pictures. I had a water bottle that I was going to run with but at the last minute decided not to so Matt held on to it. Great idea!!! Matt did an awesome job always having it filled up for me and, after their McDonald's stop, he'd even gotten ICE it in which at that point in the race was a huge godsend.

This is where we busted Henry (in yellow) with his McDonald's coffee and he ratted Matt out. Can you believe those two were enjoying some Mickey D's breakfast while we were running 13.1 miles?!?

Sherrie and I got to see the boys probably at least 5-6 times during the course which was great, not only for the water, but to see a familiar face and while I wouldn't tell Sherrie how tough it was or how tired I was, whenever I'd see Matt I'd tell him, "I'm so tired and there's so much further to go..." He would nod and tell me I could do it and how proud he was of me. It was just the perfect encouragement I needed.

At the last water station, our husbands met us, I took the water from Matt and grabbed his hand and told him how tired I was and how much my body hurt. He encouraged me to keep on going and finish strong. The lady at the water station really liked that because when I grabbed some water from her, she looked at my bib for my name and said, "Now Alyssa, that was just too cute!"

This is post race and if you can't tell, he's basically holding me up. I was so tired, my legs hurt, my back hurt, I could barely walk yet I was so afraid of sitting down because I knew if I did, I wouldn't be able to get up.
At some points during the race, Matt got a little too into his role of photographer and I'd have to wave at him and say, "Quit taking pictures! Let me have some water!"Not to mention how awesome he was on race day but Matt also had to put up with my complaining, limping and tears during the whole training process. So thank you, pretty, for being my biggest fan!