Sunday, May 23, 2010

One down, three to go.

To commemorate turning 40 this year, I decided to run the Utah Grand Slam--4 Utah marathons: Ogden Marathon - May 15th, Utah Valley Marathon - June 12th, Park City Marathon - August 21st, St. George Marathon - October 2nd. And, I talked Brent into doing it with me! This ambitious goal set by my young, motivated, naive 39-year-old self wasn't my best idea to date but with shoes purchased, race registrations paid, and a few (too few) training miles run, I'm in.
Last Saturday, Brent and I ran the first of our 4 slammin' races--the Ogden Marathon.


Brent's complete report can be found here. He ran this race like pro and threw that sub-4hr. marathon monkey off his back! 3:54:09!! Amazing. (Incidentally, two of Brent's friends freelance for Zazoosh, the official photographers for the race, and happened to get both of our best pictures!)





My performance was much less stellar at a slow 5:38:52 but considering my recent running ambivalence and accompanying lack of training, I was just happy to stay upright and keep all my toenails.

9 comments:

Deanna Quinton Larson said...

You amaze me!

Teresa said...

Way to rock it cuz! You are my hero! xoxox

Kristen said...

You really are my running hero! What an ambitious year you've got. I have absolutely no doubt that you'll be able to accomplish it all and still be smiling in those race pictures. Congrats to you and Brent!

Melissa said...

It makes me want to cry just thinking about running that long. You two are amazing! And congrats to Brent for running the marathon under 4 hours.

Beverly said...

Awesome Rita! Congratulations to both you and Brent for stellar races.

Fast Eddie said...
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The Bullknitter said...

Way to go Rita! Good luck with the next 3!

Scott said...

Glad you posted a race report--even if it wasn't on ForumFlyers! Congratulations on another marathon complete!

Colett's Corner said...

Rita I can't imagine doing anything that hard for that long except giving birth. You are AWESOME with a captial A. Love you.