Marathon Relay

Normally I don't blog about myself, usually just the kids. But this time I am going to do a little bragging. On Sept. 11, I ran in a marathon relay in South Jordan. I never would have thought I would do a race with the word "marathon" in it. Regardless, I didn't run the whole 26.2 miles myself, but I ran 1/5 of it or 5.2 miles. I don't love to run but try to do it to stay in shape.

A few months ago a neighbor of mine wanted to get some teams together for this marathon relay. She put me in charge of one team, and I got our team members registered. Then came the training. I tried to run about 3-4 days a week, sometimes it was less, but overall I was pretty prepared. Amanda, one of my teammates and I started running together in the mornings. We would normally do the circle around Remuda which is about 2.5 miles. Occasionally we went a bit further.

I was nervous the day of the race but excited too. My goal was to finish in under an hour. I made it in about 54 minutes, not the fastest on the team but I didn't care. I had made a goal, prepared for it, and accomplished it!!

This is our team: "Relay Running Moms of Farr West"

Johanna, Kristen, Amanda, me and Jenny

I am almost there

Yea!! I made it.

This is the majority of our two teams