I really don’t know what it is about this place, but it just makes my running self more alive than ever. I was planning on waking up early to meet friends, but we got back way too late the night before, so I slept in, started my watch without really looking at it, and ran—15 miles @ 7:09 average.
I could be in the biggest running slump of my life and then go run in St. George and fall in love with it all over again. Maybe it’s the scenery, maybe it’s the weather, maybe it’s all of the memories I have of this place… My earliest memory of this trail is biking next to my brother (the pilot) as he was running and training for cross-country. We have a 9-year age gap, so I was always his little buddy, and I’m pretty sure he took me to Dairy Queen after each run (bike for me) that I went on with him.
I couldn’t open my gel, but the lovely woman at the gas station let me use her scissors to do so. I was very grateful.
One thing I saw on my run that I absolutely loved–> A high school cross-country team. I ended up seeing them twice over the miles, and there was a teenage girl up ahead, leading a pack of about 15 boys. They were all working hard and she looked so strong. Wasn’t it only 52 years ago that women were ALLOWED to even run in the Boston Marathon?! The future is so bright for female athletes, and seeing that teenager out there crushing the run just made me so happy.
One thing I saw on my run that I absolutely hated–> this van scared the living daylights out of me.
Came back to everyone watching Is It Cake before packing up and heading to the pool again.
Andrew got in all of his biking dreams. We decided to stop giving gifts for our birthdays and choose experiences instead:
We spent many many hours in the pool.
And had 10 different cousins from both sides join us over the time we were there.
My brother had us over for his famous steak sandwiches.
We went out to dinner with my brother and SIL to celebrate Andrew’s birthday. I may have completely burned the roof of my mouth with this bread pudding but it was worth it.
Finished up with a walk around the botanical gardens.
And now we are back home to the cold!
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Tell me a highlight or a few of them from your weekend?
Did anyone run the LA Marathon yesterday? Details, please!
Anything on a run that you’ve seen lately that you liked or didn’t like?
If you have siblings, what is the age gap?
