half marathon weekend recap {savannah, ga}

i woke up friday morning around 9am, packed the rest of my stuff, and zoomed down i-77 south to pick up kristin. we got to savannah around 2pm and checked into our beautiful room at the bohemian. we stayed here last year for nicole's bachelorette and i fell deep in love with this hotel. after hearing me swoon about it for the last year, my dad got us room for the weekend knowing that it was right at the start line - thanks daddy!

we threw our stuff in the room and walked down to river street to catch the ferry across the river to the expo. we walked up at the right time and they said the ferry was full, but we could get on the trolley. we didn't even wait for 1 minute before we loaded up and headed back over the bridge to the expo.

my mom & step dad came down to support me for the weekend, and i was so thrilled to have them there. we met them at the expo, tooled around a bit and then headed back to the bohemian.

 

{at the chocolate milk booth}

 

{of course brian ended up on camera}

 

 

 we went up to the roof top bar at the hotel for a drink  - it is absolutely gorgeous up there.

 

then we headed to dinner at paula deen's restaurant, the lady and sons. i made a reservation an hour before dinner time on a friday night with a huge event in town - this would have never happened prior to the paula scandal.

 

 

 

{i ordered the chicken pot pie & this is what i got - nuts!}

 

after dinner we retired for the evening. my heart was beating so fast while i was trying to fall asleep - i didn't feel nervous but i guess my body felt differently. we were passed out before 10pm.

 

then we woke up and ran 13.1 miles which has it's own post here.

 

after we walked back to the hotel, i immediately jumped into the glorious bathtub.

 

 

after the best bath & shower of my life, we walked over to moon river brewing company for lunch. we met up with the rest of the gang & had a big 13 top table. after a few beers and a giant burger, it was nap time.

after resting for a few hours, we had a beer on the roof and then my parents picked us up to meet up with everyone else at the distillery. we had apps, beers, and finally dinner before calling it a night.

{loved this!}

 

sunday morning i woke up early due to the fact i rolled over in bed and it hurt SO bad that it woke me up. holy sore. after laying around for a few hours, we grabbed sbux and panera bagels and hit the road back to cola. i dropped klav off but not before picking up some groucho's!

 

 

it was a great weekend and i am so thankful that my parents came to cheer us on! 2 years ago i couldn't even run a mile - pretty proud to cross this off the bucket list!