Thursday, May 01, 2008

Salt Lake Marathon

...or 5K.

I'm SO sad I didn't run the 1/2 marathon! Anyone who knows me well knows that Saturdays are SACRED to me. I have a very hard time committing to do ANYTHING on Saturday mornings because I love to take nice, long, nature filled runs...well, for the three Saturdays leading up to this race, I had to make some MAJOR sacrificas an was unable to get in my long runs.

Needless to say, I just didn't feel I could run this race without those. So, it was the 5k for me...but that was still REALLY fun! Gary and I ran and both got our Personal Best times!!! We also ran it with Gary's brother and two of his sisters! It was a first race for all three of them! I think they had lots of fun too! Maybe one of these days I'll get Brandon, Jason, and Dallin to run a 5k with me! :) (Yes, MAJOR Hint boys! Ryan's done it!)
Yes, that says 5:12AM! The race started at 7:30 so we had to get up plenty early enough to get things "flowing"...if you know what I mean! :)

The night before we laid out our things...Gary is MUCH more organized than I am, but I sure love my pink Asics!

The weather was SO nice during our run. As soon as we finished, this hard core wind picked up...it was SO windy, I was actually glad for a few minutes that I hadn't signed up for the 1/2 cause I would have still been running in it!

6 comments:

Stephanie Salmon said...

Tara, you're amazing! I know you have a million of these planned already, but if you're up for a 5k on a Monday night, I'm running in one on May 12th.

The Fears said...

Brad said you guys had a lot of fun. I am bummed I missed it, but am so excited to run with you in June!! Thats awesome you both got a personal best on your times. good job!

Ryan + Jess said...

You forgot that Jason ran in the 4th of July 5k with us a few years ago!


You really are amazing - way to go on getting your personal bests! One of my friends just ran like her 10th marathon and she is 3 months pregnant! I can see you doing that :)

Heather Palmer said...

Congraulations! I totally wish I had the stamina to do one of those. Maybe someday I will....

Anonymous said...

k. seriously. i envy your wonderful legs that allow you to run for miles and miles. my knees crap out at 2.5 miles. sad times. you are inspiring!

Mindy said...

I can't believe you were there and I didn't get to see you! Of course, it was a little busy! Way to PR, I'm impressed! And that wind... it was ROUGH!