PF Changs 1/2 Marathon

This last weekend I was able to go to arizona and see my family but also run the 1/2 marathon. I thought it was going to be this weekend but my mom informed me a week before we had to leave that it was really a week before i thought it would be I had not even trained that much but I ran that night a good distance and so we registered for it that night. Rob was not able to come with us, he had to work. So we left last wednesday night and stayed in Page to get some sleep then got into scottsdale thursday morning. We just hung around at grandmas house then went out to eat at a mexican place that we seem to go to every time we are in town. Friday we went shopping (big surprise) and that night we went to dinner with uncle Brent and aunt Kathy at Macaroni Grill. Saturday we went to register and pick up all our stuff for the race. This 1/2 marathon is the biggest in the US. There were so many people there. There were tons of booths to go to and find out the latest things for running I got a lot of free stuff and I got these really cool earphones that attach to your Ipod earphones and they didn't fall out once. Saturday night we went to the casino for the crab buffet. Its all you can eat and it was so so good. Sunday morning I got up to feed Teagen at 6 and then started getting ready to run. We got to the start at 7:45, the race didn't start till 8:30. They had 25+ Coralls which were sections you were in depending on your goal time I was in 19 so I didn't get to the start line for 45 minutes. I did okay my goal time was 2:45 and I finished in 2:55. I would have done a little better but for some reason I thought it was only 12.1 miles so I started pushing it at 10 and a half and got so sore and the last mile was not that good for me if I just paced it a little longer I would have done better but I finished and felt good. I wish my family was there to root me on, maybe next time. We got back to grandmas and just took it easy the rest of the day. Grandma trimmed my hair and we had my grandmas Macaroni and cheese it is so good. Monday we packed and left for home the drive took so long because it was snowing pretty bad in some spots so we got in around one. It was nice to be home I really missed Rob it made a difference having Teagen with me it made me miss Rob more then before. So my next goal is to do the Salt lake Marathon this spring I am going to start training this week.

Ready, Set, GO!!!

So the PF Changs marathon in phoenix is this month.

My Goal: To run the half marathon

My Time Goal: 3 Hours

Time I have to train: 3 1/2 weeks

I ran 4 miles last week and I am going to try to run 6 tomorrow, hope all goes well. Im excited to use my new running clothes I got for christmas.

To my best running partner.....I love you!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We had a really good Christmas this year. We had a couple family parties that were fun its nice to see everyone. Christmas eve we went to my dads house and had dinner and opened presents with them and played games it was nice to do this Christmas eve because we didn't have the craziness Christmas day. Then we went home and wrapped some presents and my mom came by and gave us our pajamas. This year was funny I got a whole onsie with thing one and thing two heads on the feet, Rissa got the Grinch, and the boys got Simpson pants and shirts. They are actually warm and comfy. We got to sleep pretty good then had to wake up and get ready so we could get over to grandpa Groscosts house for breakfast. We opened presents there and ate yummy food then headed over to my house where Rissa and mom came over so we could do presents with them. I did calenders for my families this year and they weren't done yet because they were taking up a lot more time then i thought they would. . After my house we meet my moms family at the movies were we saw Sherlock Holmes, really good movie. After the movie we went over to Rob's family and did presents there I was almost done with there calender so I stayed in the car and finished it. After all said and done we went home and just spent time together. It was so nice having a new member to our family. Teagen got so many gifts some he cant even play with yet but it was really fun with him.

New years eve we had some friends over. We played games, ate some food and watched some tv till midnight. Teagen slept most of the night so we were happy we didn't have to watch him and could just spend some time with our friends. Im glad we actually stayed up this year. Maybe one year I will get my wish and we can make it to New York to see the real thing. Happy New Year everyone.