Top of Utah Half

Jason completed his first half marathon on Saturday.  He LOVED it.  Not until a  day and a half later I suspect, but he said he's definitely doing it again!  So I guess overall it was a great experience!  There were quite a few people from our ward that also ran, so he had fun visiting with them before the race, and my brothers also ran it.  Jason's official time was 2 hrs 48 sec.  I don't remember where exactly he placed, since we don't get the paper with the times.  I read it last night at my moms.  I do remember he was in the top 3rd overall, 800 something out of 2600 people.  And in the top half of his age group.  I'll have to get the specifics later.  So here are a few pics to document.  He's going to kill me for posting the one of him crossing the finish line.  He was mid-arm raise and saying hi to me as he crossed and I took the picture...so it's kind of silly.  But it's the only one I was able to get of him at the finish.  People were coming in so fast, we didn't have time to take more without backing up traffic.

My brothers crossing the finish.

 The awesome pic of Jason crossing.  YAY!!  So proud.

All the boys.  Jason didn't ever wear his medal.  Stinker.  It's actually really cool.  He handed it to me and it got shoved in my purse and forgotten about till later.

 Hooray!!  It's over!  He's already looking forward to next year!  Maybe I can talk him into doing the full!!  Haha....yeah right.  He said there's no way.

Congrats Jay!!  Couldn't be more proud of you!!  Wish I could do it!  Maybe some day...

Man vrs. Mud-5k

I completed my first 5k. It kicked my butt...big time, I walked probably half of it. But it was still super super fun, and I will for sure be doing it again next year!! And by then I dang well better be able to run all of it! It started off with a giant water slide, followed by a 100 yard long mud trench, chest deep, then some running, then some hay bails to climb over, another giant water slide, (I flew insanely fast down these...like flew off the end of the slide into the grass, knocking people out as I flew by...FAST! I don't know if it was my pants, or my rather large rear end or both...but it was awesome. Then we went through some crawls, rope obstacles, tubes, more trenches, bogs, even a river to swim across (which was freeeeezing cold...). And finished it off by another giant water slide into a huge mud pit, where I almost lost my contact...It was a miracle I managed to keep it in.
We had some awesome photos of the before and after, and they had photographers all along the way who got some awesome shots of us...but at $6 bucks a picture, I don't think we'll be purchasing any. Ok, well we might have to splurge for one or two....:)
It was by far the funnest thing I've done in a long time. We had a huge team, and split into two groups just after starting...the fast group and the slow group...haha. Gordon, Bry, some cousins, uncles and friends were in the fast group, then me/Jason (only because he said he'd stick with me no matter how slow I went), Greg, Jen and her aunt were in the slow group. Poor Jason, I told him next year we'd both be in the fast group...I know he just wanted to take off running, but he was a sweetheart and stayed right by me encouraging me and cheering me on...I love him.

Here's the before...you can probably tell I am nervous....haha. I knew it was gonna kick my butt...

And all worth it...coming up the final hill to the waiting team members and family!


Next year we are going to rock it....that's a promise!