Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon!!

The Snow Canyon half marathon was so fun! November 17th, 2007. I honestly wasn't trying my hardest for this one. I was down in St. George for the weekend with friends and Jenna Harlan signed up to run this one with me as well as a few other friends in Provo. It was one of Jenna's first and I wanted to be a good support for her so I ran with her to the end.

The highlight of the run was that during this time Taylor and I were dating. He surprised me by running halfway up the canyon to meet me and take pictures and then he ran all the way back down with Jenna and I! So really he ran the 1/2 marathon and it was even harder for him because he ran UP the canyon! We pretty much just ran down the canyon the whole time except for a small mile or two you have a little detour going up. He is amazing and I knew he was the one for me during this trip so it will always be a special one.

Here are the stats...
Bib #: 185Age: 23
Age Division: W 19-24
Division Place: 7
Gender Place: 42/177
Didn't give me overall w/ both genders...?
Time: 1:50:03
Even though it was a decent time, I really felt like I could have done a lot better...however, I wouldn't trade the fun experience I had running with Jenna and Taylor for a better time. I loved that weekend!

St. George Marathon!!!

I finally got in! I had been trying previously to make it in the raffle, but never got in until now! Wahoo! The St. George Marathon is special to me because it reminds me of my mom, who's ran it 14 times! She is such an inspiration to me! She has helped me with running tips here and there that help me to push myself and give me added mental strength. I am grateful for her.

This one's for you mom! St. George Marathon October 6th, 2007!

Here's the stats...
Bib#:
Age: 23
Age Division: F 20-24
Division Place: 20
Gender Place: 249
Overall Place: 1159
Time: 3:34:43*

*I qualified for the Boston marathon! So exciting! I wasn't planning on running it, but when I saw that I qualified, I knew it was a challenge I wanted to take on and what a great opportunity to run the Boston marathon! My friend Mary Kay also qualified!

Here Tay is giving me a well deserved calf massage...hurt so much but oh so needed! Thanks Tay, my number one fan! Love you!

Cache Valley Triathlon!

My first triathlon! I competed in the Sprint distance which is 1/2 mile swim; 20K bike; and 5K run. August 4th, 2007...so I had just been home from my mission for 4 months! I was excited to get back into shape as I had gained 20 lbs. on the mission! I wanted to run, but also wanted to get into biking...and especially into triathlons. I wasn't much of a swimmer though so for BYU Spring semester I took the beginning swimming class. So much fun and wow I learned a lot! I'm so glad I took that class and was finally able to learn the technique of swimming. I found that the swimming part wasn't my favorite part, but I really enjoyed the whole thing that I want to do many many more!!!Here's the stats...Bib #: 2021Age: 24
Age Division: F 20-24

Start time: 08:40:00.000
End time: 10:11:05.640
Chip time: 01:31:05.64

...and here's even more stats...

Name	Interval Time	Total Time	Pace
Swim	00:21:05.470	00:21:05.470	00:02:48.7
T1	00:03:36.710	00:24:42.180
Bike	00:41:25.470	01:06:07.650	18.0
T2	00:01:15.370	01:07:23.020
Run	00:23:42.620	01:31:05.640	00:07:38.9

Overall Place: 95 Time back: +00:27:36.02

Name Overall Place	Overall Back
Swim 153	+00:09:47.92
T1 129	+00:02:18.94
Bike 135	+00:08:19.02
T2 58	+00:00:37.92
Run 54	+00:07:17.16

Gender Place: 20 Time back: +00:13:03.40

Name Gender Place	Gender Back
Swim 56	+00:06:10.95
T1 45	+00:01:28.27
Bike 31	+00:08:06.32
T2 24	+00:00:37.92
Run 9	+00:03:26.49

Division Place: 3 Time Back +00:03:14.34

Name Division Place	Division Back
Swim 12	+00:04:29.14
T1 9	+00:00:48.33
Bike 4	+00:02:00.88
T2 7	+00:00:23.18
Run 1	+00:00:00.00