Well I can now check 1 thing off my goal list for the year! I ran and Finished a Half Marathon! :) Nate and I ran the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon(13.1 miles) on the 19th of July. Though it was a beautiful run it was not easy. The first mile was a slight up hill to the top of the canyon then a very steep down hill for the next 5 miles. Imagine running down formaster for 5 miles straight. For the remaining 7.1 miles it was pretty much up and down( some hills, some straight, some down hill.) It was a beautiful, fun run but very difficult for me! As you can see in the picture Nate looks like he is holding me up :) Nate did awesome he ran the whole thing with out stopping finishing with a time of 1hr 32min. His goal is to qualify for the Boston Marathon in the Marathon this year. He ran 7min miles so he is actually running faster splits than he would need to to qualify. I,on the other hand, had to stop at about mile 6(at the bottom of the hill) and stretch really good. That hill was really hard on my knees and hips. especially my bad leg from the accident. I finally finished with a time of 2hrs and 26 min. Nate was able to come back and run the last 1/2 mile with me which was great because I really just wanted to walk the rest of the way. I needed that extra push at the very end.:) My time wasn't great but I accomplished my goals. I didn't come in last(by far) and I finished under 2 and 1/2 hrs. Our next challenge is the top of Utah half Marathon Aug. 23 in Logan. Nate, I, and my sister Melissa will be running this one