The St. George Marathon was special for Jason and I this year. This was my tenth St. George and I was inducted into the infamous 10 year club. It is weird to think that I started running this race a year out of high school and have ran it every year except for two (the birth of Mckinley and Beckham). I guess by the tenth time I should have it mastered and I had a personal best, with a time of 3hr 8min. Jason also had a personal best, with a time of 3hr 6min. Jason finally qualified for the Boston Marathon and he was so surprised. I have qualified for many years (the girls qualifying time is much slower, 3 hr 40 min) but, Jason's qualifying time is so much faster (3hr 10min) that we always thought it was out of reach. We were all shocked that we surpassed that time. All the 22-24 mile long runs, hill repeats up the Colorado Monument, and tempo runs paid off. Now Jason is determined to run the Boston Marathon this spring, so it looks like we are Boston Bound.
It was such a great weekend. It was fun to be with old and new friends. I have truly enjoyed training this year due to the great friendships I have formed with my training partners. Every morning I look forward to our "Girly" conversations (as Jason would call them)and the energy release. It was neat to see all of us accomplish our goals.
6 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS Kellie and Jason! Ten years. WOW! What a HUGE accomplishment. I was thinking about you last weekend knowing you were running. You amaze me. So glad you have Boston to look forward to. It's like a dream coming true for both of you! Way to go!
You guys are awesome! Congratulations!
p.s. I love your music playlist! Can I just copy it and put it on my site!
It was so fun to see you guys at the marathon. You and Jason are awesome! Congrats on Boston in the Spring.
Kel,
I am so proud of you guys. I am seriously tearing up looking at these pictures. I wish so much that we could have been there with you guys. Maybe we can meet you up in Boston and watch you run this spring! We love you guys! Aly
i've been meaning to e-mail you all week to congratulate you on your time. i looked it up on the internet on sunday. you guys did awesome. i can't even imagine running that fast. good job.
kelly
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