Snow Day

Obviously from the title, I'm at home today.  Belgium managed to be unprepared for snow this morning.  Weather.com predicted 1-3 inches yesterday and 2-4 inches today.  It amazes me that this information was available yesterday morning and the snow plows and salt trucks still weren't rolling.  At least it lets me play with the kids some today.  

Otherwise, we ran The Hague Half Marathon this weekend.  The whole trip was great.  We went up with another couple from the battalion Saturday morning.  We had one of the best meals I've had in months at lunch.  Dinner wasn't bad either.  (Almost half of how I judge any trip is food).

For the race, there really wasn't any type of Expo beforehand, which is unusual for such a large race.  It had rained for several days, so the park the tens and packet pickup were in was a field of cold mud.  The race itself was great.  The course ran through nice residential and business areas before looping back out to the shore of the North Sea.  Crowds were always there cheering you on, and while the race was full it wasn't as packed trying to run as some races I've been in.

Emily was trying to finish the race in under two hours, so I paced her.  She finished in 1:56, beating me by more than a minute.  (I had to make a pit stop at mile 12 and couldn't quite catch up).  There are a few pictures from the race that should be in  my online albums later today.