My running buddy and the girl
who like me when we first started
training could barely run 30 min.
straight! Well look at us now!
Me and my brotherIsaac who
probably trained 1/3 as much as
I did and barely finished after me,
He did great!
Me and Angie. Angie is training for a
full marathon and did so awesome when
she saw her finish time she thought the
clock was broken!
Isaac slowly coming out of a diabetic
coma by eating 6 pieces of cantoloupe.
(not really but it seemed like it)
Deacon not happy that he woken up early.
But the three pf us sure happy to have finished!
Lots of Details coming right up! I am sure noone cares about this much (except my mom) but I want to remember them. Me Issac Kris and Angie all drove to Orem the night before and stayed at my awesome Grandmas house. We ate at the spaghetti factory to carb up and laughed and had a good time. Right before dinner all the sudden it dawned on me that I had left the single most important thing I needed for the race by my front door, my running shoes! All I could do was laugh, I decided rather than trying to convince Curt to drive me up my shoes I would just go to Nordstrom and buy a new pair of asics close to what I had been running in. The salesman kept laughing at me and I felt like such a moron. But I did not want to phsych myself out so I just bought a great pair of shoes and called it a night.
Then we headed to my Grandmas where we were staying the night. Angie and I shared a room and I felt like a kid having a sleepover all restless and giggly. It was a fun night of laughing and chatting until I had a rude awakening, literally at 4:30 am when it was time to head to the race. Then I wished I would have forced myself to fall asleep at 8:00 pm!
It was so cold at the top of Provo canyon! I was so glad I had a long sleeved shirt to wear. We had quite a bit of time before the race so we laughed at Isaac eating his energy "goo" and then he laughed at me actually gagging while I ate mine, how people can eat that crap is beyond me. The people watching was at its finest.
We finally started running andI felt great for the first 5 miles (like I usually do) then around mile 6 my shoes hurt and my toes were killing me. I knew at that point that 13 miles is not the best way to break in new running shoes, but what do ya do! The course was beautiful especially the huge waterfall on the side of the mountain.
Miles 9-11 felt like forever! I was so focused on my stupid toes and knee hurting that I could barely concentrate on running. At mile 11 I spotted my brother Issac and totally got a second wind. I ran the last two miles so fast and I felt great! I was so focused on sprinting to the finish line that I almost missed my family cheering me on! Curt got it on video, pretty funny.
Then I waited for Isaac to cross about three minutes after me and it was fun to cheer for him. I think it is so inspiring to see so many people pushing themselves and being active. I also loved when walkers or joggers running the other way would give high fives and cheer you on.
I finished in 2 hours 14 minutes, I can definately do my next one faster but I was happy to do it in under 2:15. I will do some other races, but that will be my last half anytime soon! Thanks Kris for going along with my crazy idea! Sure made it easier to have a partner! Thanks to my family who cheered me on, it totally gave me my second wind to know you would be there at the finish line.
Look at cute little Will getting so big, I can not believe he is almost one!
Deacon was thrilled to have three water balloons to send down his slide over and over again.
One two three slide! Deacon and aunt Abby.
Everyone eating and enjoying the nice weather while it lasts! Goodbye Summer!
Chalk art! This is the game where Deacon demands you draw a mouse/tractor/moon/car etc.
The grill master, does he not just look thrilled to be alive!?
Deacon taking a two second break from the pool and his precious water balloons to eat.
The menu for the Birthday feast! And boy was it delish!
The boys tossing the water balloons, can you see in Curts eyes how much he loves cheesy games?
good old fashioned water balloon toss, Curt and I won of course.
We were playing the game where you take a sponge and race to a bucket and try to squeeze out as much water as possible. Deacon was running back and forth every single time squeeling with excitment, it was so funny.
The sponge game, I am quick as lightning and Isaac is trying his best to cheat. No way, not on my watch.
The birthday girl blowing out the candles on her yummy yummy coconut cupcakes with lime buttercream frosting (Thanks Lar for the yum recipie!)
