More Details Half Marathon :)

Yep.. now i found a bit of time to post quickly about the run.
I went to bed WAY late last night.. did hit the hay until midnight!!! but i must have been ready cause i woke up without my alarm at 5:48am!
Josha wanted details.. so here they are:
I dressed (running skirt that is too big and have to keep pulling it up) and an old tank top that was red... I mean it IS the 4th.. i had to wear some red. .. my socks aren to thick or too thin.. perfect :) I loaded some extra songs on my ipod and fixed up my nikeplus. all this while i ate half a blueberry bagal and drank half a glass of OJ.... Hair in ponytales, sun glasses and oops forgot the sunscreen.
i headed out the door with a large water bottle... it was 620 am. weather perfect.. sunrise beautiful
I started jogging and when i got half way around campus on the first lap i hid  my bottle in some tall grass landscaping ..
All was grand until mile 5.. i kept say.. ugh mile five is always hard! .. (cause it is)... but i just walked a bit and kept going.
At mile 8 my sweet friend M and her kids (two girls) showed up.. yelling out from thier car.. then.. they turned the corner and i could no longer see them.. as i turned the corner .. they were OUT OF THE CAR screaming "GO RUTHIE!" etc.. .. it was so fun.. and cute.. and funny.. and a real pick me up... neat. the other girl running up on me from the opposite direction just laughed. it was great.
then at mile 9 or so my sweet DH showed up in the car with a cold bottle of water.. but i refused as i had already picked my bottle up for the last few laps and was feeling fine :)
Mile 11.. well.. Mile 11 is another story. I wanted to quick. I was tired. It was farther than i had ever run in my entire life.. who cares if i walk the rest.. .. i was pretty set on just walking.. after all i had a whole week of hardly any runs... i had excuses planned.
THEN
Here comes some footsteps i hear over my music from behind me.. and there ... going past me is T.. a highschool guy that is on our track team... .. that was what i needed... ... so.. I started running again! .. and .. i only walked one more time to the end.... Seeing him run past me got my head out of the negativity and all those thoughts and made me think i COULD do this.
so..
mile 12. finished the part around campus and i headed to the track.. where the kids were practicing and my DH was sitting in the stands with my sweet friends.
First lap around  was great.. but i got a drink from my bottle while running and ended up inhaling some water.. NOT GOOD> the girl with the baby stroller thought i was going to pass out.. die i am sure.. i stopped and hacked and coughed. and thought i would passout.. but.. i just kept breathing.. and started running again.
the next lap.. well.. i was burping all the way around cause i need to get that water out of my lungs and air out of my stomach LOL ...
the last two laps.. were exhausting .. but i finished.
so hard
so crazy
cant believe i made it.
I have more to post.. including a pic i took before i left.. but.. will have to wait..
for now.. check out my run tracks on Nikeplus :)
thought of all of you.. many thoughts.. too many to add to this post.. but i promise i will later tonight.. :)
If i can YOU can!