Half Marathon #2

One of our big events this month was Nate completing his 2nd half-marathon. This time it was the Ogden course which comes down Ogden Canyon and ends in downtown Ogden. With the crazy cold and wet spring weather we've had this year, we got lucky with perfect weather that day which I'm sure many people were grateful for.

Nate's goal was to run it in under 2 hours, but having a newborn in the house along with the less than favorable weather this spring made training much more difficult for him the past few months. He did improve upon his time a little from the Layton half-marathon he ran in the fall, so that's definitely something to be proud of. He also seemed to recover better this time around. This time he finished in 2:10:09. That's 2 minutes 1 second faster than his Layton half time.
I also have to give myself props for making it to the finish line by 8:50 AM with both girls to watch him finish. Getting up that early as a sleep-deprived mother of a newborn and getting all three of us ready by myself was no easy task.

Way to go Nate!

By the way, you'll notice I'm not in the family photo, and that was on purpose. I may have gotten us to the race, but I didn't want any lasting evidence of how I looked that morning.

I should also mention how much Nate's example has influenced Bridget. She's decided she wants to run a "kids' k" this summer, so we're hoping to find one for her to do. She informed us that she needs to get some running clothes like Daddy and some Powerade to give her more power to run.