Monday, July 5, 2010

freedom half-marathon.

In March I decided I wanted to run a half-marathon. My sister-in-law MaryAnn had started running a few months before and we decided we were going to do it. So 14 weeks of training led up to this and I couldn't have done it without my awesome husband being so supportive and encouraging me along the way. It's been tough, but so worth it! Here are a few snapshots that Cory took from the race.Here we are at mile 6. The race up until this point was awesome. It started up in Immigration Canyon and was downhill, shady, and beautiful! But right after this it was uphill and really hard, but for every uphill there was a downhill.
Spencer ran up and grabbed my hand and ran with me as long as he could. It was so cute!
The sprint to the finish line. I finished in the time that I wanted and I was so happy!
My face matches my shirt...lol! It was the perfect day for a race. We started up in the canyon freezing and ended with a warm, beautiful day.
We had a great peanut gallery waiting for us at the finish line.
The two rock stars! Right about now I was wishing I was drinking a diet rock star. I secretly wanted to wear my medal to church the next day to show it off, but I decided not to:)
What a great way to finish! And what an awesome family I have:)