St. George race report

The St. George Marathon was great this year. Paula (Lauries' mother) came down with us to take care of the kids while we ran the race. She was so helpful and we can never thank her enough. I know it was no big deal to her, she got to spend time with her grandchildren.

October 6th
3:40 A.M.
We got up, put on our race gear, ate breakfast, packed the drop bag, and headed out the door. I should say tent door because we camped at this RV park. It was a lot cheeper than getting a hotel.
4:20 A.M.
Some friends of ours pick us up to take us to the start.
4:40 A.M.
Got on a bus to the start. It was cold.
6:45 A.m.
The race started and where was I (Chris)? Taking off my warm ups, and keeping the body glide from Laurie. We ran in the dark for the first 5-6 miles. I love running in the dark.

It was a great day for a marathon. It never got to hot and we had alittle wind. Laurie ran her fastest marathon this year and ran this years St. George Marathon 25 min faster than last year. She ran a 5:52. I ran about 1 min slower because of minor set back 4 weeks before (foot pain). I ran a 2:58.17 and placed 177 out of about 5,155 runners.

Okay Laurie's Part, I was doing great but was starting to get tired at about mile 18, I still had so much further to go, so I decided it was mind against body, so I start to talk to myself. "You are great, You rock, this is so amazing, think about what you are doing, this doesn't hurt, this feels good, you like this!" And funny thing it worked and I never slowed down and even got a little faster. When Chris met me to run the last mile I told him all of this and he looked at me and said "Really?" I said, "NO, I feel like $&*%@!"

It was a beautiful and I am happy for my accomplishment and I got my Grand Slam marathon, for running 4 marathons this year! Oh yeah baby, and I'm a toe nail short and have a scar running across my chest from chaffing with my sports bra(Remember Chris had the body glide which prevents this from happening) He kind of felt bad for me.

The kids hated it when Grandma left, I can't image why? It just like being Christmas or something. They love her to peices and even Loren learned that Grandma was a better choice than Papa to try and get something.