May the 4th be with you!

Last Saturday on the 4^th, Morgan and I ran our first half marathon. My friend Danielle also ran it with us. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. It was very hard work but so worth it! I think we will do another. Morgan says his new goal is to run a marathon, but maybe in a year or 2. He’s so ambitious. I am very much ok with 13.1 miles. His time was 2:13:15 which made his pace a 10:10 mile. I came in at 2:23:25 which made my pace a 10:57 mile. We had to get up at 3:30am for this race and stand in the cold in the canyon from 4:30am to 7:10am. It was FREEZING, literally. And we only had two layers of clothing on, a long sleeve shirt with a t-shirt over it. We met a lot of cool people while freezing our bums off in front of this little fire pit at Vivian Park up Provo Canyon where the start line was. We had a wonderful experience all in all!

Just before loading the bus at 4am! A couple of crazies if you ask me!

 My friend Danielle and I.

Danielle's sister and hubby were on the side of the road around mile 8 or so and took some pictures of us. 

 I know. I'm a freak but I was really excited to see some friends and have some support, hence the really scary excited face!

 30 feet from the finish line. My hips and the back of my knees and feet/toes were killing me! I don't know how the marathoners that were running the same race could run past that finish line and keep going 13.1 more miles. 

 A picture of Morgan and I just after I crossed the finish line. It was so nice to have him there at the end saying "Push it! Push it Terie! Keep going! You're so close!" and then say to all of those around him, "That's my wife!" He makes me feel special.

 Danielle and I at the finish line.

 Hanging on the grass. Oh, it hurt to sit.

After we got home. Whew! We did it.

 Sam showing off our medals.

 The fam. Noel wasn't so happy at the moment in time.

 There's her smile!