Saturday morning I did my first race
ever. Back in July one of my friends, Andrea, came to visit and I told her that I had set the goal to get in shape and do a 5K with Jeff next summer. She has done several races before and convinced me that I should try to do one sooner so I had a more immediate goal. After searching online, I found the
Wasatch Woman Love Your Body race. It was a 6K run/walk (yes,
6K...I guess the route ended up being about 3.72 miles so they couldn't call it a 5K). I liked the idea of a run/walk because I knew that there was no way I could get in good enough shape to run the whole thing in just a few months.
So, as I mentioned in a previous post, I have been trying to run the past few months. In the process I have dropped 18 pounds...but there is so much more work I have to do to get to where I want to be.
I invited one of my best friends, Molli, to come do the race with me. She has been such an inspiration to me... over the past year she has worked hard to loose 100 pounds! She did her first 5K earlier this year and loved it. I am sure both she and Andrea were sick of me
texting them all of the time about running and how I thought I couldn't do it, but they were both such an encouragement to me.
When I signed up for the race, I didn't know how big it was: about 1800 women. It was crazy to run in a crowd that big. I spent the first part of the race feeling winded...but the first mile is always the hardest for me. At about the halfway point I started to feel better and just kept running and running. I wish I knew how far I went without stopping but they didn't have mile markers out. Anyways, at about the last 1/2 mile I saw Molli running back against the crowd. She had already finished and had come back to run in with me. It was awesome to run over the Finish Line with her and see Jeff and the boys waiting there for me! I did the race in 57 minutes and 6 seconds, averaging a 15.17 minute mile. I accomplished my goal of doing it in under an hour!
Here's a peek at some of the pictures my friend, Alisha, took of our family this weekend! Isn't she great? These are just the raw, un-edited ones she hurried and burned for me...I'm looking forward to seeing the edited ones sometime soon. By the way, do you know how hard it is to take a family picture with three rambunctious little boys? Nearly impossible.
Next on our list was Cabella's. Carson LOVES this place and had been begging me to go there. 
We started out our visit at the fish tank.
And then we headed upstairs and played a few rounds on their virtual shooting range. Carson was a pretty good shot and ended up getting me wet by "hitting" the target on a tea kettle. Next we stopped off at the fudge shoppe and got Daddy some of his favorite German Chocolate Fudge. Then we headed back downstairs to check out some more animal displays.
After Cabella's we stopped by Walmart and grabbed How to Train Your Dragon from the Redbox. We spent the rest of our evening watching the movie with Daddy and "the brothers".
Full price, I would have paid $196.60. Here's how the deal broke down: All outerwear (coats, hats, & gloves) were 30% off. I had a "take 20% off entire purchase" coupon and then I put it all on my Children's Place Card for another 10% off the entire purchase. To me, its worth it to put it on the card and then go home and pay it off online.
When I signed up for the race, I didn't know how big it was: about 1800 women. It was crazy to run in a crowd that big. I spent the first part of the race feeling winded...but the first mile is always the hardest for me. At about the halfway point I started to feel better and just kept running and running. I wish I knew how far I went without stopping but they didn't have mile markers out. Anyways, at about the last 1/2 mile I saw Molli running back against the crowd. She had already finished and had come back to run in with me. It was awesome to run over the Finish Line with her and see Jeff and the boys waiting there for me! I did the race in 57 minutes and 6 seconds, averaging a 15.17 minute mile. I accomplished my goal of doing it in under an hour!
Carson was so excited to try out skating. After a few times around the small skating rink he'd had enough! I sure was glad that we had tried the small rink first instead of the bigger, busier one. I kept urging him to keep trying, but he was too frustrated and eventually took turns with Jonas on the scooter.Apparently its a big thing down here to allow scooters and strollers on the skating rink. 
Mason and I spent most of our time on the side line cheering the boys and Daddy on.
After skating we went to A&W and enjoyed their 99 cent Family Night Rootbeer Floats.
