Another stepping stone for training for our half marathon completed today!
Some friends of mine from high school are working toward running the Utah Valley Half Marathon on June 11th. In efforts to stay on track we've been running smaller races as well. Today we ran the Leprechaun Lope in SLC.
The course started at the state capitol and wound UP city creek canyon for what felt like approximately 9 years. I was the absolute LAST person to finish and got my special o'lope-ics award for it. :) A favorite memory is when I was still headed toward the top of the canyon (UPHILL) and a truck slowed down next me. A woman with dismay on her face and a leprechan top hat on her head said "I just closed the rest stop! I'd been waiting a while and thought there couldn't be anyone else. I'm so sorry! Do you want my Sprite?" Kill me now. No, I don't want your Sprite, thanks much. I got to the top at 10am, which was an hour into the race (Christina had finished by then!!!). The second half was down hill the entire way, so those three miles were amazing, minus the tornadic winds. My final time was 1:47, 11 minutes less than my goal of finishing in two hours. Listen, people. Baby steps! I beat my goal and came in under time, Christina made it in just over an hour, Megan was right after that, and Ashley whopped her goal of an hour and a half by coming in at 1 hour 19 min. Ladies, we're well on our way to a successful HALF!!! Thanks to Becca for being an amazing photographer. I love these girls and had a great morning running with them, followed by some fabulous $5 french toast at Kneaders.
The course started at the state capitol and wound UP city creek canyon for what felt like approximately 9 years. I was the absolute LAST person to finish and got my special o'lope-ics award for it. :) A favorite memory is when I was still headed toward the top of the canyon (UPHILL) and a truck slowed down next me. A woman with dismay on her face and a leprechan top hat on her head said "I just closed the rest stop! I'd been waiting a while and thought there couldn't be anyone else. I'm so sorry! Do you want my Sprite?" Kill me now. No, I don't want your Sprite, thanks much. I got to the top at 10am, which was an hour into the race (Christina had finished by then!!!). The second half was down hill the entire way, so those three miles were amazing, minus the tornadic winds. My final time was 1:47, 11 minutes less than my goal of finishing in two hours. Listen, people. Baby steps! I beat my goal and came in under time, Christina made it in just over an hour, Megan was right after that, and Ashley whopped her goal of an hour and a half by coming in at 1 hour 19 min. Ladies, we're well on our way to a successful HALF!!! Thanks to Becca for being an amazing photographer. I love these girls and had a great morning running with them, followed by some fabulous $5 french toast at Kneaders.
Becca's a fantastic photographer so I got a a bajillion pictures. These pics are straight from Ashley's blog, so thanks for formatting! :)
{before the race, start at the capital..}
...its really really really cold
awkward bathroom pics ;)
we just got news its an uphill race..
...and we're off!
..and see that canyon? we pretty much ran all the way up it.
//christina
//megan
//ashley
//kathy
{end @ memory grove}
you're the meaning in my life, you're the inspiration!
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