Utah Valley Marathon and 10k

 Bill paces Gabe to a 10k PR of 53:21

 Awesome medals!

 I wish Gabe could have paced me to a PR, but it was not in the cards.

 "How much farther to the finish line?"

 Finished!

 "Someone put me out of my misery!"

 Brita: "We're not going to lose Dad today"

I'm not sure how much I enjoy the pain, but oddly enough, I am already looking at my next training plan.

Mom: A Woman of Steel

On Saturday I had the great chance to see Mom compete in the Women of Steel sprint triathlon in American Fork. She looked great and looked like she was just out for her everyday workout. She definitely motivated me to hop on my bike more often. 

Way to go, Mom, the triathlete!!

CInco de Mayo

  

Happy Happy Birthday Grandma! Yes, Grandma. That still sounds wierd to me. We love you!

Iowa Odyssey

 James at the wheel carving through the Wyoming sage land.

 Gabe the cartographer

 Happy travelers

 Early run in North Platte, Nebraska.

 Iowa state capitol

 Herky fans

 Easter Sunday

Exploring the Mormon handcart monument in Coralville

 Oakley's favorite activity

 Snake Alley, the crookedest road in America.  Burlington, Iowa

 Grandpa and Oakley

 Workout at the track

 Future track star

 Can I have that crawdad, Grandpa?

 Cold Iowa baseball game

 Oakley, the fish

 Wendy's orchestra rehearsal

 Beautiful Oakley

 Oakley got lots of attention from her Uncles

 One of the many state signs we posed for

 Carthage Jail

 Nauvoo Temple

 Carthage Jail

 Kansas City temple open house

 Back in Provo with Brita at the BYU vs Penn Sate volleyball game.

 Matt's homecoming

Home again after 3644 miles and a thousand great memories.

Weekend Exploits

We enjoyed a fun weekend with Brita in Provo for her birthday. We got to see an amazing BYU men's volleyball team beat Pepperdine both Friday and Saturday nights up close and personal.

I ran the Spectrum 10k race without Bill. :( He is still suffering from his sciatic problem. It is feeling better, but he is still not able to run. He did get to ride his bike along the beautiful course of Snow Canyon in St. George though. And, I got a PR 52:18 Woohoo!

We rode in our first bike race (really a ride) in Mesquite last weekend. (38.6 miles) It was a new experience for us to be around bikers. Most of us just enjoyed the ride. Bill, of course, was in it for the race. It wasn't timed, though, hence the "ride". It was definitely different than a running race. The "rest stops" were like a banquet. All kinds of fruit, peanut butter sandwiches, muffins, drinks were available to the cyclists. It was like social hour. It was a lot of fun. I'm sure we'll do more. I think every muscle in my body was fatigued that night. It didn't help that I ran 14 miles on Thursday.

This weekend, we get to go to Iowa for spring break! We are so excited!