My First Marathon

Well, not really. The title of this post is not exactly accurate. It was a marathon relay so I actually ran 1/5 of a marathon. Back in June I found out about the Utah Marathon Relay. It is a marathon divided into five 5.2 mile legs. I emailed a few friends to see if they were interested and next thing we knew we had a team. (Wish you were with us Angie!)

I was pretty worried in the last week or so leading up to the race because my knees started hurting so bad I couldn't even run. I was given some great advise from my "coach" (Jason) and from his sister Jenni (one of my teammates) and I bought some new shoes. That made all the difference.
I was the first runner for the team. Followed by my neighbor Tamra (not pictured because she had to leave immediately following her leg) then my cousin Julie. Following Julie was Jenni and finally a friend of mine, Amber. Each of us wore a different color race number. The color you wore determined which leg of the race you were running. It was a bit discouraging as I was slowly plodding along when coming the other way were runners wearing the green race numbers. I knew that meant that others in my leg had already finished and I was still a mile away.It was a really nice course. It follows along the Jordan River in South Jordan. We had a good time together and we didn't even finish last! This was our finish time. Sadly, Jason's time in the Top of Utah Marathon next weekend will leave us in the dust.