provo river half marathon...

was gorgeous!

Just super super early.

  

The run started up south fork canyon {vivian park} and we ran passed the famous

 'Bridal Veil falls' and then followed the river to the riverwoods shopping mall.

I loved it!!  

I ran it in exactly 2 hours.  

Before...

after...

'RAGNAR'

 this was pretty much one of the most amazing races ever!

hands down one of my greatest experiences.

12 girls, 2 vans, 188 miles of running through the most beautiful parts of utah.  

2 of the girls in our van were last minute recruits for the race and we didn't even know them. 

haha it was awesome!

i laughed so much, these women were so encouraging and i am so glad to have made this experience with them.

can't wait until next year!!!  I'm registering... 

who's in??

Van 2 was our van...

this was through "Pineview" reservoir... my old stomping grounds. 

we owned one of those gorgeous condos {in the background} and were boating in that lake all the time. I love Pineview, and all these trails we were driving by were my fav biking trails EVER!

the view of one of our runs up to "snowbasin" resort... 

absolutely gorgeous! 

 this was shaunae's 5 mile run UP...

                   

after van 2's finish of our first legs, we ate a yummy dinner at snowbasin resort.  they stayed open until 

3 am for all the runners!  

we took a little rest {3hrs} at a friends cabin and then back to running at 2 am!

my favorite run was my 2nd leg!

I ran 7.2 miles at 2:40 am... through a dark canyon with a headlamp on.   i ran an 8 minute mile and was jamming out to Miley Cyrus' "i can't be tamed"  i was LOVING it!! 

I know, i can't help it, it's the pre teen in me!!

our van ran through the night and ended at 8am!  we all layed our blankets out where the exchange between vans were and ate a delicious breakfast, Compliments of the scouts and rested before our last leg.

when we met at the exchange to get ready to run our last legs from Heber into Park City i saw my good friend Shannon and her hubby!  It is so fun to see all your friends who are crazy enough to do this relay.  

Love this girl!!

one of my favorites... "Wasatch back" {haha}

Shaunae ran the very last run from Deer Valley resort over into the Canyons resort, where we all met with her {Both Vans} and ran in together..."ALL OF US"  

It was so awesome.  first to finally be done, but to see your family at the finish line was 

"un-describable"  

we were so tired, emotional and so incredibly sore!

we ran through the finish line at 7pm!!

 In honor of "bradley's" birthday 

{her son turned 12}

               

Here we are...

"the Real housewives"

of Utah county!

notice van 1 all had nice showers and gorgeous hair before meeting up with us. haha

Minda/Kari/Me/Shaunae

My awesome family at the finish line... 

couldn't WAIT to see them!!

Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon

WE DID IT! I still can't believe that i really did it, i've been wanting to run one and we only really trained for like 2 weeks!
I woke up this morning at 4:45 to eat some Breakfast so i would have some energy, and then we had to meet at Mapleton city park for the Bus pick up at 6 am (That's early)
The race was like 45 min late in starting, while we were waiting in line at the Port o potty's i was looking all over for Holli, my sis in law, and i couldn't find her anywhere. Then i hear the "Famous Laugh" and found her, So we were able to hang out for a while before the Race.
She must have been ahead of me the whole race, cause Caryn and I didn't pass her up.
Holli ran it in 1:54 (She ripped) and Caryn 2:08 and Me @ 2:09! We had to stop for about a 5 minute line for the Bathroom, i wonder if that really would have made much of a difference.


Here we all are after the Race! I loved it and it was such a pretty run, i am still singing in my head the Song from Aly & Aj ( my new Fav) "The potential break-up song"
I felt great besides my feet hurting for the Last 3 miles, i can't tell if it's from the run, or if my Brand new shoes weren't the best thing to wear for the Run! (i only wore them once before, oops)
Cory is sending me off to get a Full body massage tonight and i So need it!
Thanks Babe!