Heck Yeah!  At the beginning of the summer Jason and I talked about things we could do to get outside, stay fit, and push ourselves physically to the next level.  Running is what we came up with and immetiately to follow came 4 straight weekends of us running 5k ‘s (3.1 miles).  Our first Saturday was a practice run to test ourselves and see if we could run the distance.  We work up early, tied on our running shoes, strapped on our iPods and off we went.  For our run we headed up the Provo canyon, parked at Bridalveil Falls and ran the paved trail down.  It was perfect.  The length of the trail from where we parked was 3.5 miles (about) so once we finished running 3.1 miles the tail kept going which allowed us to walk and have a little cool down.  We drove two cars, one we parked at the top and one at the bottom so we didn’t have to run back up.  The trail is perfect for running, biking, walking, and is really pretty.

After we successfully finished our test run it was time to start signing up for officially races.  The first race we signed up for the Pony Express located in Eagle Mountain.  Second was the Firefighter’s race on Flag Day in Orem, and last but not least the Strawberry Days run in Lindon.

Our good friend Mike was the main catalyst for why we ran the Pony Express.  He convinced Jason it was a good idea, and Jason convinced me… and they were right.  We had so much fun.  The race route was all down hill which really helped our times!

Saturday, June 6, 2009: Mike, Me, Jason

Time: 31.33

The Orem Firefighters Race was on June 13 which is the day Orem celebrated Flay Day!  One of my favorite holidays!  The official holiday is on June 14th but because that day fell on a Sunday the state celebrated on Saturday.  The race route was super flat so my time was a bit slower, but I still had fun!

Saturday, June 13, 2009: Jason and I

Time: somewhere between 32:00-33:00

(this race was a informal so I actually don’t know my exact time)

The last race we ran was the Strawberry Days race.  It was so much fun.  We had a little scare though.  The kicker about running races is the time you have to wake up.  Almost all the races start around 7am, which usually means that you pick up your packets between 6:00-6:30am.  I don’t care who you are, that is early!  When we arrived at the start line we were looking for our friend Mike but he was no where to be found.  Minutes, and I mean minutes before the race started we see him running from the bottom of the hill (we were just about to run down) up towards the crowd.  He made it to the start line just before the whistle blew.  Why was he late… alarm didn’t go off.  I hate that!  We’re glad he made it!

Saturday, June 20, 2009 – Mike, Jason, Me

Time: 33:35

Celebrating the holiday by eating Strawberries!  Perfect right?!