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I did it - again.
May 3rd, 2009
***RESULTS are in - 2:08.08***
Despite achy legs and fatigue, everything worked out and I was able to complete my second 1/2 marathon. We drove up to Farmington, NM on Friday afternoon so that I could run Saturday morning. I still don’t know my time, but I’m fairly confidant it was faster than my San Francisco time. The race started dry, but ended with a decent amount of rain. Although it felt good while running, I was glad for the foil blanket they gave me at the finish.
Sorry for the cars in the background, but I wanted to include the shiprock (upper right corner, fuzzy from the rain clouds). We actually started fairly close to the shiprock.
(Funny side note - a few miles in to the race, a lady caught stride with me and started chatting. Come to find out, we both have 5 kids (3 girls, 2 boys), and we both graduated from BYU in 1997. We ended up running the rest of the race together. Juli was very nice, and even offered to let us stay with her (she lives in Farmington) if I come up and run this race again next year. It was quite the coincidence, but made for a more interesting run than just doing it all by myself.)
Our travels weren’t without interest. On our way over the mountain on Friday, Zephram must have gotten carsick and ended up puking all over himself in the car. We stopped at a gas station in Cuba to get him and his seat all cleaned up. Then Saturday morning while I was headed to the start of my race, Justin took the kids out to breakfast at Burger King. Tyghe didn’t care for his breakfast and puked it up all over his jammies. Thankfully, Justin was able to snag my pink sweatshirt off of Zeph and put it on Tyghe so he didn’t freeze while waiting out in the rain to watch mommy run past.
After getting cleaned up and checked out of the hotel, we headed home. On the way, you can take a short detour and visit Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Due to the rain, the drive on 13 miles of dirt road was quite an adventure. A decent amount of sliding and the car was caked in cement-like mud. Luckily, it was clear most of our brief visit there. Long enough to eat a late lunch and let the kids earn their Junior Ranger badges. There really was some cool stuff to see.
Interesting petroglyphs - Kezia announced that this one was a girl riding a dog with a lollipop. hee hee
And a beautiful rainbow on our way out of the park.
Before going on our little trip, I was able to whip up a quick gift for a friend expecting a baby girl soon.
I didn’t make the onesie, but added the bum ruffles - so cute.
4 Responses to “I did it - again.”
Congratulations Megan! I can still hear that guy bragging in SF, saying, there was no way you had finished ahead of him and he was sure you were behind him! Hah! But you had finished long ahead of him and we missed you! Sorry we missed you, but glad you beat that guy!
Jared was wowed by beautiful Caemlyn in that pic. She looks so grown up! Glad we’ll get to see you guys and hang out with the kids a bit this summer!
Way to go, Girl! I am proud of you for keeping up with the running. Next, I want to see if you can run a 1/2 marathon and crochet at the same time! I know you can do it! The kids pic in the rock is way cute. NO signs of pukeage there.
Way to Go!! You are an inspiration. I think Jill and I are going to try and run the Provo 1/2 in August…we’ll see!
Congrats Meg! Thats great.