The Hurricane half marathon

Ok, on Monday, I decided to sign up for the Hurricane 1/2 marathon. I thought about doing it for a while, but it wasn't until Lisa (my friend from up north) told me she was running it and wanted to get together while she was down here, that I decided I would do it. I ran a full marathon 12 years ago it was such a spiritual experience for me. I think EVERYONE should run at least one marathon once in their life. For me, when I saw my family at the end, and then my dad at the finish line, the feeling I got when I collapsed in my father's arms was so strong, and I knew that that was what it was going to be like when we return home to our Father in Heaven and collapse into his arms, and hear him say, "Well done!" That was 12 years ago, and I remember it like it was yesterday. Well, so on Wednesday, I convinced Maryann to run 9 miles with me, and then I tried to register her, and couldn't, and I emailed and called Hurricane city, but no luck. Friday Lisa went to pick up her packet from the Hurricane office, and called me and told me they had extra registration forms!!! She registered Maryann, I was so excited. Saturday morning I got up at 4:15 AM, and went and picked up Shannon, and then Maryann, and we headed over. It was a beautiful run, and I really enjoyed it. I felt great the whole time, and to run with my sister was so great. In fact Maryann said that the night before she had a dream that Michelle (7 months pregnant) signed up and showed up to run with us, if anyone knows Michelle, that is not surprising, she probably could've ran it. She was at the finish line to greet us though. It was a great run, but I'm not sure about the St. George marathon, today I woke up with major back pain. What is wrong with my back, I hate thinking that running is not good for it because that is what I love to do. What do I do? I also have something going on with my right knee, I hate getting older!!!! The end came sooner than I thought, I was excited that I never really hit a wall.

Maryann, so graceful!

I love that all my sisters are so active. Maryann was never planning on running a half marathon until 3 days before, and she did GREAT! We both ran it under 2 hours, I ran it in 1:52, and Maryann ran it in 1:53.

The girl that got me motivated to run! Thanks Lisa, I really had a good time running with you.

Two girls from my ward ran, this is Shannon, and Sara also ran, but she had to get to a baptism, so I never got a picture with her.