Asheville Half Marathon 3/21/26 - Half marathon #56 and State #23

 

As of today …

Lifetime - like.. estimate of ..135 races mixture of full marathons, half marathons, sprints TRI, 15K, 50K, 20K, 12K, Ironman races 

States - 

19 for marathons  / 3 other states for half marathons = 23 total states 

NC today is state  #23 and half marathon #56 💗

Yall shout out to Penny who did the full!   I’m loving being a Half fanatic right now 🤪😁.   Lots of HILLS! 💪  This weekend was just me and Penny.   As much as we love when the whole gang travels, we also love when it's just the two of us.  We had a great weekend in Asheville.   We visited the Biltmore Estate, had some amazing food, ran those hills, and ended our weekend at the Asheville Salt Cave for relaxation nap and massages.  It was FABULOUS! 

The Biltmore:

The Winery at the Biltmore:

We made it over to the winery on the property… however, if you go to Biltmore don’t assume the shuttle there takes you all over the 8,000 acres because we found out it did not! Which is kind of crazy.   We took Uber over to Biltmore and once we got on shuttle after gate to take you up to the house, the drive told us you had to use your own car to go over to the winery 😩.   We were very sad.   And btw the winery is 5 miles from the house so we did not want to walk 10 miles going there and back before race next day 🙃。However as we were taking shuttle back from house back down to get uber to get back to hotel, a very sweet couple on the shuttle offered to drive us over to the winery.    ❤️.  We were so glad because who knows when we will be back to this area and we wanted to see it all.  🤪😁.     

By this point both our phones were on low battery, so we didn’t take as many pics because we both forgot to take our extra chargers 🤪. 

Biltmore has some beautiful wines and that area has several little restaurants and shops.   Feels like you way away from the city but you really aren’t.   We enjoyed our evening there before retiring at the hotel for sleep before the race.  💕

What a way to finish off a race! You know Penny always finding us great adventures.  🥰🥰. The salt cave was amazing and the massage following our nap inside the cave was like the cherry on top 💗.  I had never heard of salt caves, but they say they are good for you.   It sure was relaxing! ☺️ 

Our flight home has been changed so we enjoyed a late supper at Bone and Broth that was fabulous.  💗