St. George Marathon

Saturday, October 3rd was the St. George Marathon. Yes, just ONE WEEK after the x-terra triathlon. Does this husband of mine EVER stop??? Uh, NO! This was Jared's 3rd time running it and he did great (of course!). One thing I absolutely hate is that you can't get a good shot near the finish line (so you will buy the ones the marathon people take for a ridiculous price! And the proofs we saw from the finish line weren't even good pictures. Had I been able to get closer, I would have taken a MUCH better picture!!!).

He was on track to run his best time ever...at 13 miles (the half way point) he was at 1:31! Holy cow that is fast! That would have put him on track to run the marathon in 3 hours, which was his goal. Then at mile 17 his knee gave out. So he had to take some time and walk, ice it, try to work it out. Not really much you can do about that though. Bummer. He was a little disappointed, but recognized that the part of the race he actually had control over he did great with. Even with having to walk a little and slow down some, he still finished in 3:19:24!

Here he is almost to the finish lineCrossing the finish line...like I said, you can't really get a good shot. But I love all the balloons and everything and you can see the time and he's over on the right side about to cross. Jared's favorite part of any race is getting a complimentary massage!Jared's brother Dan also ran (w/out training and he did ridiculously well...he surprised us all when he finished in about 3:40!!!) It was fun to hang out with Melissa and the kids. And thank goodness for some playgrounds to entertain the kids (even if they were sooo crowded!).

Dan's oldest, Veronica giving him a massage and pushing on his back to help him stretch. I think Mia thought she was helping Jared in the same way :)Our family there to support JaredThis picture was taken by Mia - I love it!