St. George Marathon

Micah ran the St. George Marathon for the second time last weekend. We met up with Micah's family on Friday evening, and Micah with three of his siblings and a niece all made it past the finish line Saturday morning. He did amazing especially considering he really didn't train much. Well, he already runs and bikes several times a week, but he never trained for the long distance. He ran the marathon in 3 hours and 26 minutes. This was one whole minute quicker that when he ran two years ago. Dan, David, Myndi and Tessa all made great time and looked great when they crossed the finish line.

This year they had a phone app that helped estimate when each of our runners would finish. It was a wonderful other than the fact that it didn't register Micah at the 13.1 mile marker so I thought we had more time than we did. When I realized he was going faster than I expected because the app skipped to the 20 mile marker we had to run to make sure and not miss him. The girls and I made it up to the street to cheer minutes before he ran past us. Whew! We cheered him on and then met up with the rest of the family to cheer everyone else on. I think they all did an amazing job.

Micah did walk funny for a few days afterward, but he is back to normal only four days later. His toes are very sensitive, and black and blue in spots, but those will heal quickly too.

I love this picture above with the photo bombers in the corner. Such cuties!

So fun to run with family. I loved sitting back and listening to them tease each other about their experiences together running. Micah is known for eating peanut M&M's along the course which they all laugh about. Especially because his other brothers are more particular about what they eat before and after the race. Tessa on the other hand, still being in High School, and running a marathon I think is amazing. What an awesome accomplishment at such a young age.

Aliza must have been taking pictures while we were trying to get in some Conference between activities. I had a few of these pictures of the TV screen on my phone that I thought were funny, but proves that we were trying to listen amongst everything else going on. All the men went to Priesthood session together which was neat because they haven't all been together for Priesthood in years. The women ordered pizza and watch the movie "Epic." My girls loved just running around with their cousins.

Sunday morning Emily and David fixed us a delicious breakfast, then we were headed home. We got home Sunday right before the second session of Conference was about to begin. I was thankful that we could sit and listen to the speakers and feel of the spirit before Conference weekend was over. Aliza and I worked on these cute pom pom crafts while listening. We had a wonderful weekend, and we can't wait until we can see everyone again.