Snow Canyon 5K

The end is in sight!!!!

Before the race

At the finish!

"2nd" place medal

We did it!

Luann

Stephanie

Yea... 2nd place

Alex crossing the finish line

My time 34:16 (not bad for an old lady!!!!)

On Saturday November 6th, I ran in my first 5K. Stephanie (my daughter-in-law) and I have been walking all summer and about 5 weeks ago we decided to enter the 5K. We started running a little each morning. We practiced on the hills through the beautiful lava beds. I am so glad she encouraged me on those days that I didn't think I could go any farther. When we found out other family would be in town that weekend (for Ali's baptism) we asked if they would like to run with us. So I ran with Stephanie, Luann (daughter-in-law), Alex, Ellie and Izzy (grandkids). Stephanies' sister Dianne also came and ran in the half marathon. It was a beautiful fall day. It was easier than I thought it would be. Having all the spectators helped push me along at the end. We entered the stadium and ran around the track to the finish line. I actually took 2nd place for my age group. Alex took 3rd for his. (overall he took 22 out of over 300 people in the 5k) It was a fun experience and I hope we can do it again. We bought purple shirts so we could pick out each of us in the crowd of white tee shirts!