Half Marathon

I did something that I never thought I would come close to doing. I ran a half marathon (okay I didn't run the whole thing, I was nervous about running it  and that I might collapse or something halfway through, so I walked almost the first two miles, then decided I could run it and ran the rest of it--over 11 miles running!)

This was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I was by myself, so I had to keep pep talking myself that I could do it. In fact, halfway through I called Jon and said I couldn't do it. But, I kept running and I finished. When I had about 3 miles left, I felt my body begin slumping. I was almost in tears! We had just come out of Ogden Canyon and were near rainbow gardens on the parkway, I was just pushing myself. Then I come around the corner and my brother Jay and his wife were standing there to cheer me on. I cannot tell how much that meant to me, that gave me that last umph to finish! When I saw that finish line I sprinted as fast as I possibly could! I got cheers from Jon and my girls, and his sisters, my bro-in-law, and their kids, my dad showed up right after I finished, but he was there. I was so happy to finish!! I did it in 2 hrs and 57 minutes. I know that is really slow, but I did it. Originally, I was just planning on walking it. We had a group called Students In Motion from Weber State, they all walked it, but I wanted to run it. I only ran a total of 5 times more that a mile before the marathon, so I was glad I was able to do it.