RHPC HALF!! We forgot how long a half was (and really wanted water at Vivian Park) so, we made it 15 instead. Crazy, crazy, crazy day. Hubby didn't get home until 3:30 and asked me to be home as close to 9 as possible, because he needed to go back in then. Poo. So, I gave up riding with Kelli and went solo so I could bust out of there. On the way down I saw Chad pulled over on Center St in Orem. He'd gotten a flat, so we abandoned his car and I took him to Sasha's house. We didn't get the run started until 6:30, but it was great to see everyone! Becca is now IN town - yippee!!! Smooth, Karen, Larry, Maynard, Lily, Rachelle, Kelli, Wendy, Heidi, Scott, Eric, and Amy. 
We took off at the sound of Maynard's gun, ran through the sprinklers and it was on - like Donkey Kong! I was just going to stick with Becca as long as I could. Rachelle and Lily were running our pace too, so we just had a fun little chatty group the whole way. Rachelle really killed us, pulling crazy up the canyon! That girl is rockin' the runnin' scene! I got to bang elbows with Lily as she cruised along with me in the back - that girl hasn't lost a step! I think I was the only one breathing so hard it chased all the boys away :) The group decided to go to Vivian park (an extra mile-ish) to get water and bathrooms - totally worth the extra push. Then, we went down. Holy cow...speed pacers down the canyon! So much for taking it easy :) We passed a few others and Scott passed us (he also went to Vivian), then Sasha and crew blew by us like we were standing still! We saw Chad on our way up, so he didn't get the honor of passing us! :) We almost caught Kelli and Amy, but we decided to stop at the ever flowing fountain and drink/bathe in the water :) The last couple miles were sludging to the finish, for me. Well, until I got a good boot of energy about a 1/4 mile from the finish. My son was supposed to be at the church for cub camp at 7:30 and Lauren had her tri that she needed to be there around 8 to get set up. It was 8:35 and my husband was calling me to tell me he was driving David up to Millcreek for camp. They'd slept in! Can't blame him after only being asleep for 4 hours, but shoot! He dropped Lauren off and so now she was at the Kids Tri all alone...no parent whatsoever, and then had to drive the 30+ miles up to camp, because the leaders thought since I wasn't going David wasn't so they didn't call to check. Poo, double poo. Then, here I was being a self-indulgent mother down in provo running and chatting with friends as my poor little family suffered. So, I sat around and ate and whined and took some picture then left - and dropped Becca off on the way home to get some extra chat time in. Hubby wasn't going into work at 9:00...so I now had time. I wasn't getting home to see Lauren's tri either way, I was just too far out at that point. Now looking back everything was fine and turned out great, but I sure felt like a selfish runner trying to be a mom this morning. I think I called it when I talked to Kelli this morning and said "I probably shouldn't even come!" I knew something was amiss. I'm glad now though that it seems to be water under the bridge. My daughter may need to have a session or two on being left all alone at the tri with no support while every other kid had families there, but oh well...just add it to her tab already :) I couldn't believe our AP when I saw it! Those girls are fast, no wonder I felt like I was done - they tricked me into running a tempo! AP: 7:58 splits: 8:59, 8:21, 8:28, 8:15, 8:26, 8:27, 7:53, 7:50, 7:37, 7:20, 7:24, 7:32, 7:39, 7:42, 7:37, 6:17 (last 40 ft recorded...yeah, a little adrenaline never hurt!) - oh, I did notice my 1/2 split 1:45:00 - well, garmin said 13.15 at that point, but I figured with bad tanget running it was pretty accurate.
Some pics from after the run: The Great passing of the Red Hot Pink Chick(en) - Kelli was nominated as the bearer for the next year!
The lone, brave Men in the chicks group (big welcome to newcomer Larry aka Prez Smooth)
 The whole gang (minus a couple that had to jet...myself NOT included!): 
Smooth Sandwich!! :) since 2009.
Kelli and her crew; Wendy and Heidi:  Kelli and her man! I think this is a really nice picture of both of them. 
Smooth and Karen - love these gals!! Karen really needs to become a FRBer. 
Did I mention Becca is back?!? She is freezing in this cold Utah weather...but I think she likes it :) 
When I got home I picked up Lauren and was proud to see she'd taken 12th/26 in her AG. More behind than ahead...always good progress! Came home so hubby could finally get to work (2 hrs late) and then did yard work with the kiddos (lawn, weeds, garden) and cleaned out the garage. It has needed to be done for a LONG time! It is nice to have it cleaned out, oh and I moved all the heavy crap solo...so it counts as x-training :) Have a wonderful weekend. I don't feel like I hate running as much as I have all week. I'm glad a good group run brought some mojo back...or maybe it was Becca. Thanks to everyone who came out to support the RHPC run this year. It was meager and not as well organized as usual, but it was still great to get together for a wonderful run with amazing people! We really need to do this more than once a year. Oh, and I do have to say that my favorite comment today on the trail was a guy as we were going down and just after Sasha passed us was: "wow, everyone is SO fast on the trail today." I shouted back: "it's fastrunning day!" :)
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