marathon weekend

I've always loved the St. George marathon because it brings my family together, whether we're running it or not. This year all of the kids in my family ran it along with my mom. It wasn't my best marathon because I hurt my knee a couple of weeks before and it started giving me trouble at mile three and I was nauseous for most of the run. When I crossed the finish line I started to cry because it was such a painful and emotional run but I was so grateful to see my good friend Kenzie (who did awesome btw) waiting inside the gates for me. She waited around for two hours just to see me come in.. what a good friend! Although it was my hardest marathon I'm proud of myself for doing it. 

The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with my whole family and watching conference. I'm always happy for family time with some of the best!

 

Because It's been a while..

I ran the marathon yesterday for my 3rd time! I planned on training, I really really did. But due to my lack of motivation, and laziness it never happened. Although I did get in a couple six mile runs before so that was good. No sarcasm, it helped! I took my time, and stretched a WHOLE lot so I wouldn't have a repeat of last year. You know, Charlie horses in both legs, people asking to call the shuttle for me, all those fun things. I didn't get one cramp this year which made my crappy time of 5+ hours seem like the time of a champ. 

Towards the end of the marathon it was getting HOT and I was losing motivation. Lucky for me Kortney, Bekah and Tori ran the last mile and a half with me. Seriously it saved my bootie and I loved them for it. Not that I wouldn't love them anyways. I could have cried when I saw them.

To tell you how I'm feeling today, lets just say I can run up and down the stairs. I may or may not be bragging.