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Provo City 1/2 Marathon 2011
Mom and Dad (Miller) offered to watch our kids over night so we could be in Provo the morning of our big race. We were so grateful for the chance to get away for a night. We stayed at the Marriot hotel, registered for the race, shopped (for a belly bra) and ate a meal filled with carbs at the Olive Garden. The night before the big race I was exhausted, but had a bad cough and found myself up until 1:30. It was so maddening. We woke up at 6:20 am, showered, dressed, checked out of the hotel and made our way to where the starting line was. With 10 minutes to warm up and stretch we found ourselves a good place in the line up and waited for the gun to go off. Everyone started off at a good pace. Ryan said lets just run our race so we walked our 1 minute and ran our 2 minutes. This was to be our routine throughout the race. We learned it from Jeff Gallaway. As we neared the two mile marker I thought for sure that we would be in last place. But as we continued on the people that decided to start too fast were tiring out. We would walk and then our run was strong and eventually we would pass people. It was really fun. That is my favorite part. Especially now that I am 23 weeks pregnant. The looks I get when I pass them is priceless. I had a lot of people say," are you pregnant"?, "You are my hero", "I want to be like you when I'm pregnant". All of those thing made me feel so good. We continued on the coarse and found ourselves on a trail that followed the Provo River. It was beautiful! The water running next to us, the trees, the people out enjoying the pretty day (77 degrees that day. Highest temp so far this spring). When we got off that path we were back on the streets. Ryan's knee had been hurting since mile 2 and was now hurting really bad. He was really tough and continued our walk/run routine. We found ourselves at mile 11 hitting a wall. The sun was hot at this point and very little shade to protect ourselves from it. I think I was starting to have a little heat stroke. Not good for a pregnant woman. Ryan was hurting yet we contined on. The helpers along the way kept on telling us that we were close to the finish line, but I serously did not believe them. As we came to the finish line I got a little teary eyed. We did it!! We finished the race even though it was tough, even though I was pregnant, and we didn't come in last place. I was so happy. They had oranges and water at the finish line. I grabbed a couple slices and a water. Oh, those were the best oranges ever!! We walked around in disbelief for a little while. Ate a little breakfast (1 french toast and honey to dip it into ) and then left. We came in 60th place in our age group, our time was 2 hours and 52 minutes. I feel very pleased with that time. I am so proud of Ryan for doing this with me. He continued even though he hurt. He said that he would run it with me even though he does not like running at all. He is awesome! WE DID IT!!! Next big adventure is our baby boy that is coming in September.
Mom and Dad (Miller) offered to watch our kids over night so we could be in Provo the morning of our big race. We were so grateful for the chance to get away for a night. We stayed at the Marriot hotel, registered for the race, shopped (for a belly bra) and ate a meal filled with carbs at the Olive Garden. The night before the big race I was exhausted, but had a bad cough and found myself up until 1:30. It was so maddening. We woke up at 6:20 am, showered, dressed, checked out of the hotel and made our way to where the starting line was. With 10 minutes to warm up and stretch we found ourselves a good place in the line up and waited for the gun to go off. Everyone started off at a good pace. Ryan said lets just run our race so we walked our 1 minute and ran our 2 minutes. This was to be our routine throughout the race. We learned it from Jeff Gallaway. As we neared the two mile marker I thought for sure that we would be in last place. But as we continued on the people that decided to start too fast were tiring out. We would walk and then our run was strong and eventually we would pass people. It was really fun. That is my favorite part. Especially now that I am 23 weeks pregnant. The looks I get when I pass them is priceless. I had a lot of people say," are you pregnant"?, "You are my hero", "I want to be like you when I'm pregnant". All of those thing made me feel so good. We continued on the coarse and found ourselves on a trail that followed the Provo River. It was beautiful! The water running next to us, the trees, the people out enjoying the pretty day (77 degrees that day. Highest temp so far this spring). When we got off that path we were back on the streets. Ryan's knee had been hurting since mile 2 and was now hurting really bad. He was really tough and continued our walk/run routine. We found ourselves at mile 11 hitting a wall. The sun was hot at this point and very little shade to protect ourselves from it. I think I was starting to have a little heat stroke. Not good for a pregnant woman. Ryan was hurting yet we contined on. The helpers along the way kept on telling us that we were close to the finish line, but I serously did not believe them. As we came to the finish line I got a little teary eyed. We did it!! We finished the race even though it was tough, even though I was pregnant, and we didn't come in last place. I was so happy. They had oranges and water at the finish line. I grabbed a couple slices and a water. Oh, those were the best oranges ever!! We walked around in disbelief for a little while. Ate a little breakfast (1 french toast and honey to dip it into ) and then left. We came in 60th place in our age group, our time was 2 hours and 52 minutes. I feel very pleased with that time. I am so proud of Ryan for doing this with me. He continued even though he hurt. He said that he would run it with me even though he does not like running at all. He is awesome! WE DID IT!!! Next big adventure is our baby boy that is coming in September.
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