Sunday, August 14, 2011

13.1

Yesterday I ran my second half marathon and it was pretty great!

I ran the Provo River Trail Half Marathon and despite the fact that it was very unorganized, it was a good and beautiful route.  I ran it with Kim Strasburg, an old YW leader and friend, and I'm so glad she was nice enough to push me.  This one was slower than the one I did last year but I was able to go faster than I thought I would be able to go so that was awesome.  

It was also kinda funny because when we were up at the top waiting for the race to start, I saw someone in one of the Lone Peak Swimming sweatshirts I had when I was in high school.  Lo and behold it was my dear brother!  A friend from work convinced him to run it last minute, so without any training he whipped out eight-minute miles!  He went faster than I did and I trained.  Boys are so lucky.


Almost to the finish!



Kim and I at the finish


All four of us at the finish.  Apparently blue is the cool color to run it.


This is out of order but this is where I found my brother at the top.


And this is all of us before the race.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Where Did The Summer Go?!

Holy cow, how is it already August 7th?
Spring and summer have definitely flown by way too fast.
I could use at least another 6 weeks before it's time to hit the books again!
But, what can you do?
Guess I will just have to soak up my last three weeks of relaxation -
That can easily be arranged!

Pretty much all I do is run, go to work for 8 hours, and then come home and be lazy.
Being lazy sure is nice after all the craziness of school and everything.

Speaking of running, I'm running the Provo River Half Marathon next week!
I'm pretty excited!
Due to a hip injury it will be way slower than my first one but, I'm just glad I'll be able to run the whole thing because a few months ago I didn't think I would be able to.

I also am making these delicious things after we eat lunch/dinner in about 10 minutes.


YUM, YUM, YUM
I love anything chocolate, and these are just to die for!!