Remarkable achievements require remarkable efforts

Bailey (tammy's girly) Merri, Broc (tammy's boy), Chad (tammy's husb) & Karen.
Brandon, Chad, Tammy, Merri, Karen G. & Karen M. & Bailey & Broc
Merri's report:  This was a race I had high hopes for and had set some high goals.  I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to finally win a 5k overall.  I thought I was prepared, but alas I was wrong.  I had run the course a time or two previous so I was somewhat familiar with it.  At the starting line I overheard some folks talking to tall blond girl w/ a pink shirt on.  She was currently running for SUU and had her wisdom teeth pulled out a few days prior.  I knew she was going to be one to keep up with.  We started and I tried to stay with her...probably a little too fast of a start for me.  She just kept going faster and faster and then I was starting to realize I was a little too winded.  1st mile is down hill and the 2nd mile is uphill and the 3rd mile is an even amount of uphill and downhill.  1st I was passed my Kristen (teaches at golds...you name it she teaches it).  So I am now in 3rd.  Kept trying to push the pace and about .5 or so of a mile left I got passed by Alli (on the blog, but she doesn't blog anymore).  Now I'm in 4th.  UGH!!  This was supposed to be MY race. :)  Finally getting close to the finish line and I hear breathing and see it's a girl closing in on me.  Couldn't be passed again so I kicked with all I had and finished 4th overall.  5th place was a girl I would later meet named Ashley.  She works at Maceys and her dad is one of the big/main runners on the SF running club.  At least he was always at every run I joined them on.  Overall i was extremely impressed with my time considering what I think is a hard course and that it was a rainy day.  I wasn't impressed with getting passed twice.  I hate that.  But Wes & the kids were there cheering at the finish line so the day wasn't all bad. :)  I told myself after that race that 5ks weren't for me and I wasn't going to run another one for a long long long time. I think after this race was when I really decided to run a marathon.

Tammy's report:  After waking up to a rainy and cold morning, no one was really in the mood to run. But we all came together and went to the Jr. High for the Memorial Day 5k. This was a tough course and after sizing up the competition we felt fairly confident in almost everyone being able to get a medal or place pretty high. Even though everyone didn't get their desired goal time we all did well. Merri came in first for our group at 20:39 (4th girl overall, 2nd in our age group), then Chad at 21:55 (2nd in his age group by passing his guy at the end!). I came in third at 22:26 (officially 22:11, 4th in my age group, probably 7th girl overall). Then came Brandon Carter about 22:40? getting 3rd in his age group. Next was Karen Grant at 29:00 (7th in our age group) and Karyn McDonald at 29:52 (2nd in her age group). It was a great race even though it was drizzling the entire time and the course was very hilly with a big uphill at the end.

After the 5k was over they had a one mile fun run that Broc, Bailey and Kamrie decided to run in. Broc finished his mile in 10:19. Now remember this is the first time EVER that Broc has run one continuous non-stop mile and he is only FOUR years old! Bailey and Kamrie ran about 1/4 mile and then were carried the rest of the way by their mothers. We didn't realize we had asked for a second workout! We are so proud of Broc for pushing so hard! He did GREAT and got a sweet finishers medal!

Today I ran alone :( I just did 3.1 miles in 30 minutes.

We ran for 60 minutes today...7 miles-ish. We ran to the jr high then re-ran the 5k race we did on Monday and ran home.

Today we biked for 20 minutes and swam for 30. I did 10 laps and Tammy did a ton more than me, but I can't remember what she ended at. :)

We ran outside today for 30 minutes. It's so much better running outside than on a treadmill!

I think the title best describes how I felt the entire run today. We

originally had put 120 minute run on the schedule due to preparing for

the Wasatch Back Relay. Then i realized the most we have done since

April Salt lake Race was 7 miles...so I knew that many miles would be

too much. So after finding a 10 mile route, Merri and we decided to do

10 miles, probably in 85-90 minutes. As we headed out though we noticed

the street markings for the Speedy Spaniard and thought, "Why don't we

check the course out since Larry is here and he knows it." So off we

went, not really thinking about how many miles we were charging into.

So after enduring the crazy wind of the canyon, we headed home for a

total of 12 MILES! I am so wasted and my knee hurt the ENTIRE time. I

think it is getting better though, the pain is changing and lessening.

Not as much shooting pain. Let's cross our fingers that I can get it to

go away.