Boston Here I Come!

Yeah! We did it! My younger brother John and I just ran the Top of Utah marathon in Logan, Utah. We trained together all summer. I figured since I was running with John, I might have a chance at qualifying for Boston. This was my fourth marathon, and I needed to cut 16 minutes off my fastest time in order to qualify. My goal was 3:40 and we ran it in 3:39:56. Crazy close! I actually had just over a minute to spare in order to qualify. We got pretty lucky, neither of us had a watch, but we knew we were cutting it close. It would have been a real bummer to have just missed it by a couple of minutes. The last 200m were pretty intense. We could see the clock above the finishline. John and I just started sprinting for all we were worth. I was tempted to climb on John's back, he ran so well. I think he could have gone another 10 miles, and this was his first marathon. What an animal! I was worried that I was going to let John down since I had a stomachache for the first 10 miles. Thankfully it eventually went away and we were able to keep a pretty good pace.

My mom and nephew Tanner came to cheer us on. I think they took this picture around mile 19 or 20.

This is around mile 23. I think John got a little distracted by getting his picture taken. As you can see in the picture, the course turns right here but he kept running straight. I am pointing my finger to turn. Kind of funny, He caught right back up. We were so dead tired right here feeling every step. This lady running behind us told us that she was trying to think that she was a Kenyan, since they seem to be crazy marathon animals.

This is our race to the finish. The funnest part of the whole race. The finishline was the best thing I'd seen all morning. And we saw some pretty cool scenery. Yeah!


I had a few friends cheering me on. Julie, Kaiann, and Carrie (from high school) all came to watch. Pretty cool to have them there. We went out for lunch after the race. I didn't have much of an appetite, but had fun catching up with everyone. Thanks Guys.

That night I stayed in Provo with Aaron's sister Stephanie and her husband Chris. Neat to see them. Thanks for the couch, sleep never felt so good. The next day I went to church with John, we were walking a little funny. I caught a flight back home that night. Great to be home, thanks for watching the girls honey.

This is mom and I at the spaghetti marathon dinner the night before.

Getting our fill on carbs. Yum!

It was neat to have a reason for this run. I was running for my friend Carol who has had a lot trama in her life. I was able to raise $6000.00 to help with her rehab. This is a donation stand we had set up at the packet pick up for the marathon. Thanks for all the support.