"Fun" Run, and other Memorial Day Stuffs...

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would participate in a run for fun. I stuck strictly to swimming sports in high school and most of college until I took a running class at BYU and ran my first ever mile! Sad I know. But running is a little more convenient than swimming most of the time, and it's easier to find people to run with than swim with.

Anyway, our ward had a 5k Fun Run on Memorial Day and somehow I convinced Brent to run "with" me. He decided that he'd lag behind a few minutes to make me look good...what a sweetie ;) So I ended up crossing the finish line before him...and all the other women running!! I couldn't believe it, I hadn't even been training for a 5k, but I have been running with this crazy group that leaves at 5:50 AM! I know, shocking. It's all thanks to Teri, who really should have been there to beat me. I probably would have gotten better than 24:15 if I was trying to keep up with you!

So the running itself wasn't very fun, the last mile or so was especially torturous because they had us loop back around the section of the run with the biggest hill in it! But after I finished and sat down for a while to avoid spewing, it was great! They had pancakes and fruit and we talked to all our friends and hung out for a while. Brent made me take a picture with the winner's board:



And major props to Maya (11) and Alex (10?) McFarland who won for the primary girls and boys respectively...they finished right behind me and definitely gave me a run for my money! I told them when I was their age I couldn't run half a mile without puking on the side of the track. Seriously.

Anyway, enough about running, it still kind of scares me. On to the bbq!! Teri and Rob graciously invited us to their beautiful new home for a "cook out" as they say here in the dirty South. Andrew and Tiffany came too and we had a lovely, delicious time. I didn't get too many pictures, but here are a few good ones.






After dinner we went to Angels & Demons, which I wasn't too excited about, but it ended up exceeding my expectations! I never saw the DaVinci Code but I read both of the books and liked them. It was a great weekend, thanks friends.