Snake River

Yesterday was this years first voyage on the Snake River. We had great whitewater, friends, family, and food. Thanks Keith for making every Saturday an adventure!

Daphne Dress

I think this dress is gorgeous. It was made by J. Crew and called the Daphne wedding gown. I want one ankle length, buttons fastened closer together, and a higher neck line. Maybe in black . . . haven't decided on the fabric yet. But something that flows, is soft, but not to fancy. So beautiful!

overruled

This may be the next race. Thanks Michelle. We should all have a good laugh.








Have you ever said to yourself, “Marathons are too easy, and Triathlon’s are for sissies?”
We haven’t either…those races are really hard. Think about it…the first person to run a marathon actually died. HE DIED!...and he probably didn’t even have fun along the way!
Well let us introduce you to the new race in town…THE DIRTY DASH. This race puts all other races to shame. The Dirty Dash is where a military boot camp meets your inner five-year-old’s fantasy and subsequently converts boy to man and then…man to swine.
You’ll need endurance to trudge up mountains of sludge, courage to overcome uncompromising obstacles, a complete lack of shame to wallow in pits of mud and a smile to show through at the end!
So let this 10K obstacle course become your new guilty pleasure. Go solo or with 4 of your dirtiest, filthiest, & uncouth friends. On either accord…you will be able to look at yourself in the mirror and say “I am a Dirty Dasher!”… and then proceed to clean yourself off.

official time

For anyone who wanted to know, my official time was 4:01:03.2. Better than I thought after having to walk so much of the last 8 miles.
And thanks everyone for all the comments! I didn't know I had so many BYU swim buddies out there in blogging land. Makes me want to have a reunion or something!
Does anyone want to get together and run some relay together next summer? Maybe the Ragnar? We only have a few days to decide. Anyone in?

Finished!

I don't know if I've had enough time post marathon to come to an accurate conclusion on what I think about them. They are really hard. At times they are really fun. For the last 8 miles you are thinking I am never doing this again! I was sensational, in my opinion, through the first half. In fact, I think 13.1 is where it is at. That seems like a great race. I held about 8:09 minute miles according to all the Garmin people around me. Then at about mile 16 my legs started cramping. Calves, hams, and quads on both legs. I couldn't stretch because whatever muscle I wanted to stretch the opposing muscle would contract into massive cramps. All I could do was walk it off. So I would walk until I felt okay then run until they started to seize. I anticipated fatigue and needing mental endurance but not physical limitations like cramps. The other problem was that the bottoms of my feet got blisters early on. I think a combination of my insoles, the rain, a lot of down hill, and fairly new shoes . . . I don't know, but it wasn't fun. However, I met lots of fun racers a long the way and had fun racing and visiting with them. Some people are totally zoned out but lots are fun and kind of laughing about the misery we all signed up for. I ended up finishing right around the 4 hour mark. I don't know my official time yet.
Thanks Keith all the support throughout my training and for taking care of EVERYTHING the day of the race. There was a lot of day in and day out support I needed during training and Keith picked up a lot of slack over the last few months! Thanks again Keith for making this accomplishment happen! Thanks Michelle for being so excited for all of us and being there with signs and smiles. Thanks Katie and Dave for hosting us and wowing all of us with a great finish. Thanks Jolene and Dwayne for being great training partners and always making the trip more fun. Thanks Paul for catching me at mile 23. It totally gave me a boost of energy for that half mile we ran together until I cramped up again.
Anyway, Long post. Thanks Tiff and Paul for a few pictures off your blogs. Don't you all love the one of Paul eating his creamy!?

Utah Valley Marathon

So here I am blogging for the first time in months. And maybe this is the reason. I leave tomorrow at noon and travel to Utah for my first marathon. I am not planning on racing anyone . . . but I am planning on giving this a solid effort. It has been a long time since I have done something this physically challenging and the time spent leading up to this has been enjoyable, strenuous, and I'm glad it is almost over. Stay tuned for results. Thanks to everyone out there for all the support!