What a fun weekend I have had. As some of you may know I have been training (ever so poorly) for a 1/2 marathon. Well this last weekend was that very event. It is Tad's busy time of the year with work so the boys and I hopped into the van and drove to Alpine, UT by ourselves. I was pretty nervous about this trip alone. The boys were excellent. We got to stay with my sister-in-law (bless her!).
On Saturday morning at 5:00am I meet up with my brother Nick and his fiancee Kim. We meet up with my good friend Mary. My goals for this 1/2 marathon were to not walk and to run it under 2 hours and 15 minutes. The course was way awesome (minus a crazy steep hill). My only bad was I had brought a dead battery for my MP3 player. I pretended to listen to music the whole time. When I crossed the finish line I was way pumped I ran it faster than I thought I ever could. I ran it in 2 hours 3 minutes and 55 seconds. Yahoo! It is a pretty amazing experience. It is awesome to run with every shape, size, nationality, age, disability, etc. Very touching. Running past the Salt Lake Temple was an experience of it's own. The spirit just seeps to the road with all of its majesty. Amazing!
Well in all of my years of athletics I have never been so sore, but it was a great goal to accomplish. I'm thrilled to be back in shape after having my darling, but large Lukey Bear! My brother and I's goal now is to get our whole family running smaller races. We think it would be a great tradition.
8 comments:
Yay Megan. I am impressed. Great going on your first half!
Awesome job Megan! I've thought you looked awesome and in shape ever since Luke was born-but I bet it felt so good to do something so amazing! That is huge. And, great timing too-I need some of that willpower! (:
Way to go Megan. That has to be a good feeling to set a goal and accomplish it! We miss you!
Way to go Meg - you are amazing. I love the independance of just sticking the kids in the car and going. No excuses :) that's how it should be.
That is so cool, Megan. Great job!
Good job! I'm starting to train for just a 10k.
Your an amazing person Megan! I'm so impressed! We miss you!
Just one more thing you are amazing at. Tad is a lucky guy. We are all lucky he found you and brought you into the family. Good Job.
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