My First 5K

Today I ran the 5k portion of the Salt Lake Marathon! It was fantastic! I was so excited last night that I could hardly sleep! I woke up at 4:30 am and waited until 5:45 to leave! Rob, Amelia and I made the trek to downtown Salt Lake and it was fantastic! We met up with my dear friend Iva Fuller and her sister-in-law and right before the race my other great friend Lauren Muezenberg! Iva and I have been training together since January and Lauren was the person that got me started by giving me the link to the Couch to 5k training program! It was wonderful to be around those that are great!!! Here are a few photos from the race!!

As you can see Lauren is coming up on me...she ended up finishing a second before me! Dang! Next time!!
Iva ran the entire way too and finished right behind me!

Amelia had to be a part of the event and she was sporting Lauren's sunglasses after the race!

I ran the entire race and did it at my best time ever!! I ran it in 31:24 and it was invigorating! Thanks to all my friends for supporting me and encouraging me to accomplish this goal! What a great year to be 30!