I DID IT!

I know everyone has been wondering if i made it...Well... I made it!

 I completed my first half marathon this past Saturday and it felt GREAT. I really had a good time running with my sister. Her husband and some of their friends also ran with us, but we didn't all stay together (they were faster than us). It took us 2 hours and 24 minutes. We didn't have to walk too much, but I did have to drag my sister the last 2 miles.  

Dawson (brother-in-law), Stef (sister), Me after the race was all over.

This was near the beginning, you can see there were a lot of people.

 I would say over 1000.

Very crowded the first 4 miles

This is me looking back on where we had ran. We had to run on the high way for 2.5 miles because of the fires they had in the provo canyon a week before.

This is at the bottom before we ran up the highway

My sister and I running.

This is at 4:30 am before the race.

Dawson and Stef

Stef, Dawson, DonnaRae, and John

My sister and I right before the race at 6:20 am.

This shows some of the people before the race began.

Pictures

Just wanted to post some cute pictures of Payton before we head out. 

He loves to sit on the dishwasher.

1 week and counting

Today I am exactly 1 week away from the big day. If you don't know what that big day is it is the Provo Canyon 1/2 marathon. I am getting a little nervous, but can definitely say I am more excited to get it over with.  

With the big day a week away I decided today to go for a long run. The most I had ran up to yesterday was 10 miles. So, I knew I wanted to try and do 11 or 12. Last night I mapped my run out on the internet so I knew where I needed to go in order to run so long.

My morning began at 5:30 am. Josh had just came home from work and he said to me, "how far are you going today". I told him 11 or 12. He said "have fun with that". I left a little before 6 am and just went for it. I felt pretty good, and knew I would make it. I just ran and kept running. I ran 12 miles in 2 hours and 10 minutes. I do have to say though, that by the time I got to mile 10.5 I felt like my legs weighed so much. It seemed like a lot of work to keep lifting my legs up. But I made it, and didn't die. 

So, my feelings about saturday are, 13.1 miles no big deal!