Half Marathon(s)

A little over a year ago, my sister in law had me run the Ogden Marathon 5K.  I never really ran just to run before that.  I had always played sports growing up but never really did much long distance running.  After I ran the 5K I was asked to run the Wasatch Back Ragnar.  I was not in great shape for that Ragnar and was a little embarrassed at how slow I was.  Just a little while after that my sister in law asked if I wanted to do the Las Vegas Ragnar.  I said yes and it all started there.  I actually had some time to get ready for that Ragnar and I ended up having tons of fun running it.  After that, my sister in law asked if I wanted to take her friend's spot in the Ogden Half Marathon.  I of course said yes and we started training.  We did a really good job getting ready and then the two weeks before the race I got pretty sick.  I ended up making the decision to run the race even though I hadn't been able to run and still didn't feel great. I didn't do as good as I hoped to but with how I had been feeling, I was glad I finished it.  About a month later, my sister in law asked if I wanted to do the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon with her.  I was so excited to get another chance to do better.  We didn't have much time to get ready but we still ended up doing pretty good.  I ended up taking a little over 20 minutes off of my first time.  It was a fun run and I was so happy to do better.  My sister in law, Sierra, is so nice to invite me to do all of these races with her.  We are going to be running the Vegas Ragnar again and I am so excited for it.  Thanks Sierra for pushing me and I hope we do lots more races together!  Love ya!

Just coming out of the canyon.

Almost to the finish line!

We made it!  

Breckyn likes to put these headbands on and she says, "I wanna run" because these are the headbands I use when I run.. . She is such a funny girl! 

I don't have any pictures of the Bryce Canyon race because we didn't take our camera.  I will have to steal some pictures from Sierra and post them later.