Saw the whole thing, dude. First you were all like "whoa", and we were like "whoa", and you were like "whoa..."

I decided at the end of last year that I am going to become a runner.  I decided this for a couple of reasons: here they are.

1. It's good for your whole body.

2. It's free-no gym membership, no DVDs (or the annoyingly perky women on them), and no equipment necessary (except good shoes).

3. I want to lose some weight and tone my muscles.
So, I started running with my dogs in Ajo.  We did a nice little loop that was about 2 miles, but I walked the first part of it so the dogs would get tired and behave for the rest of the run.  And, while I was not fast AT ALL, I really started to enjoy it.  But then it got hot and I moved and we went on vacation after vacation, and I didn't run for about 6 weeks.  And then, on July 5th, I decided I would run a 5K with my sisters and brother in law.  Whoa.  Kind of a bad idea.  Not only had I never run that far; but I was used to running at a much lower altitude than Northern Utah.  But, I finished, and I plan to do another one this Fall when it's cooler weather.  My sisters did awesome, by the way, and so did Nate.  Pics to prove:

Look how cheerful I was!  I did not look like that at the end.  I looked like I was going to puke.

Waiting for the race to start.

The start.

Char-finishing FIRST in her age group and THIRD overall for the women.  She is a little speedy Gonzales.  If only she had realized this talent in high school.  She always wanted to do some sort of sport.  The cross country and track teams would have loved her.

Adrianna got FOURTH in her age group.  This was also her first 5K I believe.

Here's me finishing.  I don't want to talk about what place I took.  I was just glad I finished.

Nate took third in his age group.  Char and Susan are making the excited faces that the little kids were making when they got their ribbons.

Here's a little better picture.  I don't think I will be winning any ribbons ever, but it was fun.