I ran my first marathon as a teenager in 1981 with my Dad (The Coronado Marathon). Since then I've run St, George (3x) Utah Valley (3x) Ogden (1 full, 2 halves) Park City (1 x) Boston Marathon (1x) Washington DC (1x) Moab Half Marathon (6x) ,Ye Old Freedom Festival 5 & 10K (a million x) and many others.
But I'm all done with that now. I'm officially a jogger.
My girl offered to ride her new bike while I ran. We made a nice, early evening outing of it. I am going to miss her terribly next fall. I know she'll be close, but she'll also be a world away.
Today was great. We got up to plant flowers down the Provo Center Street planters with about 200 youth. Afterwards BOTH of my kids came running with me up the canyon. It rained/poured the whole time. I loved it. We just put on our rain gear and trudged along. It reminded me of the St. George Marathon in 2008 when it rained the whole time and never stopped. It was wonderful to be outside with my kids. They both much faster than me but I hung onto a 9:40 pace so they wouldn't be bored to death. Happy rainy wet run! Happy Mother's Day to me!
