Thursday, May 26, 2011

Ogden Relay Marathon

I finally ran my first race! It was a Relay, and I ran it with my cousins, sister, and mom. My cousin Stephanie ran the 7 mile, cousin Bree ran the 6 (But really ran 16! After her 6 miles she decided that she wasn't really that tired so she ran mine and my other cousins too!), I ran the 5, Cousin Kenzie ran the other 5, and my sister Lindsay ran the 3. My mom has really bad knees so she walked the 3 before Lindsay started. Which mom if you read this.... GO GET TWO KNEE REPLACEMENTS! I just don't like seeing you in pain!!!
My Aunt Shauna set the whole thing up, but couldn't do it anymore because her son, my cousin Brady had a school race that day at BYU, Which He took first! Great job Brady! Thanks Aunt Shauna for setting it all up! It was so much fun! I know what your all thinking.. running fun? Not going to lie the training for it isn't very fun, but the day of the race getting all nervous and wanting to beat the person in front of you and all the competitive energy was amazing! Everyone cheering everyone on, seeing so many people come out and support the runners, and all of the amazing volunteers, that had to be there just as early as we did! WOW it was just so much fun!
When I got home and showed Nick the medal and told him how it all went he got excited and now he wants to do a race too! So family and friends we need to do another race!!!
I also just wanted to say... WOW the Marathon runners are incredible! Some of the people that ran the 26 miles didn't look like runners, but wow they did something that I couldn't do and that just made my eyes water seeing some of the people cross the finish line and just see how happy they were for that wonderful accomplishment that I'm sure they have been training so hard for! Seeing that made me really want to do a Marathon one day because if you know me I am a very competitive person and seeing people that I never thought could run 26 miles in 3 hours or so.. makes me want to do the same and see how fast I can run it in! Thanks again Family for running it with me! Love you all and great job. OH AND P.S... WE TOOK 6TH in the WOMEN'S DIVISION!

4 comments:

Amy said...

Wow!! Way to go taking 6th with your team! And a team made up of family- how cool! Sounds like an absolute blast. My husband Grant & I trained for a 1/2 marathon together and it was soo fun! You and Nick would probably have a blast. Good job girl!

Clements Family said...

That was so much fun. I cant wait to do more. miss you.

The Millers said...

Yes Yes we need to do more! It gives us a good excuse to spend time together!

Booth Confessions said...

Yes for sure! It was so good to see all of you again! It felt like ages!