I got to push my dear friend, Elsha in a very rainy half marathon!
We have been looking forward to this for a while...the last week we watched the weather forcast closey for race day. There had been a lot of rain leading up to it (just what we are all praying for here in dry Utah). Friday night the forcast did not look good for Saturday morning. However, Saturday when I woke up the hourly forcast looked like the rain would hold out until the afternoon. At the start line everything looked perfect. Starting out it still looked perfect.....by mile 3 we were drenched! Poor Elsha had a leak in the roof of her stroller that kept dripping right on her face. I kept trying to wipe it off the top of the stroller and stopped to wipe her face several times. But there wasn't a whole lot we could do,,,,it was just wet out! But Elsha was a trooper and we had a really fun time!
The course had many more hills than I was expecting but it really wasn't that bad. The neighborhoods in Daybreak are adorable and Elsha and I really enjoyed looking at all of them! It was fun to go down the road right towards the temple just before the end of the race.
I was pretty darn cold when we stopped. Elsha's dad gave me his jacket and bought me some hot cocoa...so greatful for that! It helped me get to my car and then I wrapped in my blanket and cranked the heat for the way home. I was very happy to get into a nice warm shower as soon as I got home.
It is hard to explain to some people....but what a fun day!
Thanks for letting me be a part of Team Elshanator today my cute friend!
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