My First Half

I have been wanting to run a half marathon for as long as I can remember but never thought I would be able to! I hate running and get bored (and tired!) really easily. But one night in October at about 2 in the morning I decided I just needed to commit! So I signed up for a half marathon in January and then ran to tell Ryan about it. I woke up up and told him that I signed up for a race on January 18th and that we needed to start planning our trip to St. George for my run. He went on to tell me that he had a conference that weekend and wouldn't be able to come with me. I was so bummed, I had always pictured my first half with my husband there cheering me on at the finish line. There was no way I was going to go by myself or even worse, just Cambree and I, to St. George for the weekend. (It's a four hour drive and what was I going to do with Cambree!) I was disappointed but decided I would just run a half another time.

Fast forward to the start of December I was telling some friends about the St. George half and they said that if I wanted they would come and we could make it into a fun weekend! Us, the Henries, the Donakeys, and Julie Tate (her hubby was gone at an interview for Pharmacy school!) ended up going down (even Ryan was able to sneak away early from his conference) and we made a mini vacation out of it. I didn't train a ton so my time wasn't great but it was such a cool experience and I loved it! I am definitely going to be doing more in the future!

I'm grateful to have such a great husband and friends who cheered me on the whole way. Julie even ran the last 3 miles with me and kept me going!