I took 4th in my Division!!! Woohooo!!!!

Not too bad for my first race post baby...and the winner of the whole race was in my division (she was freakin fast!!!)

Place	Name	City	Bib No	Age	Overall	Chip Time	Gun Time	Diff	Time Back	Pace
1	Rena Chesser		828	25	1	18:41.8	18:43.5	0:01.7		6:02/M
2	Michael Nelson	Lehi UT	397	26	4	19:50.9	19:53.3	0:02.4	1:09.8	6:25/M
3	Jillian Himes	Provo UT	157	26	25	23:56.7	23:59.2	0:02.5	5:15.7	7:44/M
4	Melissa Reber	Provo UT	353	25	40	25:21.4	25:34.9	0:13.4	6:51.4	8:15/M
5	Amber Hampshire	Draper UT	221	26	48	25:51.6	26:05.4	0:13.7	7:21.9	8:25/M
6	Suzy Taylor	Saratoga Sprgs UT	171	28	53	26:23.1	26:36.3	0:13.1	7:52.8	8:35/M
7	Cally Gillman	Lehi UT	113	27	66	27:28.4	27:28.4		8:44.9	8:52/M
8	Rebekah Rasmussen		833	28	77	28:03.1	28:03.1		9:19.6	9:03/M
9	Jamie Christensen	Lehi UT	419	28	81	28:10.1	28:10.1		9:26.6	9:05/M
10	Rebecca Roesler	Midvale UT	394	29	83	26:37.8	28:11.5	1:33.7	9:28.0	9:05/M
11	Natalie Marquez	Riverton UT	539	26	86	27:38.5	28:27.0	0:48.4	9:43.5	9:11/M

Breaking the Halfway Point!! 14 miler

14!!!!!!

Well I officially broke the half marathon point in training. 14 miles.....8 hills...and two silver dollar sized blisters later. The sad part is that my blisters didn't even hurt by the end of my run because my legs were so tired they were practically numb. This run was definitely a major mental milestone for me too. Last time I did this I was running with two running partners.(love U Mia and Maren!) So the miles were filled with girly banter and laughter even when we were so tired we felt like crying. Now that its just me and my I pod I have to push myself to keep going. I never knew I would feel so competitive running against myself. So here I am 14 miles behind me....next long run will be 16..then 18...and then I am officially in marathon shape. ( I wish my body actually looked it!) Special thanks to my fabulous husband for putting the kids to bed...yet again...so I could torture myself of my own free will.
I do have to comment on one more thing. Now that I am running for two hours at a time I have lots of time to notice things around me. You'd think that because I am running through Provo (especially SOUTH provo) that there is not a lot to look at....but man the Mountains are so beautiful. As I ran up the LOOONG hill towards the Provo temple yesterday It took my breath away. The temple nestled into the mountains almost brought me to tears. (being pushed to exhaustion helped) Not to mention all the tulips and cherry blossoms. God sure is an amazing artist.