Our 10 Mile race!

Matt, Jacqueline and I ran in the Riverwoods 10 mile race on Saturday; along with my great running friends Leesa, Jessica and Stephanie.

Matt is nursing his IT band injury so his goal was to actually just finish the race. He ended up walking most of the way and when we found him on the trail, Mr. positive attitude Matt, was all smiles saying how much he enjoyed listening to the Tabernacle Choir on his i-pod while enjoying the beautiful Provo Canyon trail. He seriously makes lemonade out of any lemons that come his way! He accomplished his goal and finished the race! We are praying that he will heal quickly so he can continue training for our marathon in September. Either way, He is still huge WINNER in our eyes:)

I had the most amazing race! I was able to run with Jacqueline! She is a much better runner than I am but she chose to stay with her mom anyway and keep me motivated by singing me crazy camp songs when I was way to exhausted to even speak! (Matt was shocked!) My goal was to keep a 7:45 pace and that is EXACTLY what I did! I was slowing down at the end so I told Jac to go ahead(actually, I LET her go ahead because I didn't want her to feel bad when I won. Aren't I soo nice?)...in just 1 mile she passed 10 runners and came sprinting against another guy at 1:17!!! YA HOO (having to go to the bathroom was a great motivator!) I wasn't too far behind coming in at 1:18.30 but the big difference was that I had nothing left in me! No sprinting in at the end for me. (OK so I didn't LET her win!) I was just grateful that I hadn't stopped to walk! Jacqueline is AMAZING! Oh yea, did I mention that Jac was at Camp Hobe' all week eating unhealthy food and getting very little sleep? I thought that might give me a little edge but NOT A CHANCE!

My friends all came in before me (of course!) Leesa with a 1:12, and Stephanie and Jessica came in together at 1:15! Leesa came in 4th, I came in 5th (in my age group), Stephanie came in 6th and Jessica came in 7th. I guess it pays off to be older than all my friends :)

Grandpa and Grandma brought Emily, Thomas and Leo to cheer us on...they barely missed us because the race started a little early, but it was great to have them there to feel their support! Thanks guys!

It was a great day for running and especially to be able to run with great friends,my hubby and Jacqueline!

We are now trying to stay away from any need to go down stairs of any sort :) Jac woke up telling me she couldn't even move her legs... It hurts so good! (ha ha)