St. George 10k

     On October 25, I ran my very first 10k! I happened to sign up for one in St. George because my friend Kelli had just moved there and I needed a good excuse to go visit her! It was a quick trip since Nate only had 2 days off work. We left Boise at 4pm and drove to Provo and got some ice cream with my little brother about 10pm and then jumped back in the car to finish the drive and arrived about 2am.

     The next day we did a little shopping, went to sushi, and then walked the race course. I had looked at the course previously and wanted to know more about the hill I'd have to climb. It was a pretty nice route on this path that followed a river until mile 4 which was a straight up hill! I was not prepared for any hills so even just walking it scared me a little bit. It was only a gain of about 315 ft but it still wore me out pushing a stroller and all. On race day Nate was awesome and met me at the bottom of the hill with a gatorade and ran up it with me. My time was 1:13:02 which wasn't my best but also wasn't my worst and I never did see another 10k runner pushing a stroller :)

     When we got back in the car Nate said, "you don't smell nearly as bad as you did after your 5k." He sure knows how to give a compliment!

**yes, I have more running clothes than this but I didn't want to take any chances so I wore the exact same clothes that I always do my best running in.

HALLOWEEN!

     To prepare for Halloween this year we ran in a costume run with some friends the week prior. I really enjoyed it (probably because I didn't have to push the stroller this time) and it was FREE and there were prizes!! What more could we ask for?!

     Nate and I dressed like the guys from Duck Dynasty to go with our little duck. Spencer was 3rd runner up in the men's costume division. But Nate was the grand champ! First he won one of the many little prizes, a pair of nice running socks. Then he won one of two overall grand prizes; an ipod shuffle, earbuds, a free entry into the turkey day 5k and 3 months free of rock my run!

     On the REAL Halloween I took Spencer trick or treating at the mall with a couple of my friends and their kids. It was fairly busy, but a lot of fun! Spencer didn't get it, but he had fun grabbing handfuls of candy and playing with each new piece he got! He decided he LOVES suckers and ate them almost immediately. When we got home I took him trick or treating at the neighbors and then kept him dressed up for a while to answer the door for all the kids that came. Can't wait to decide what we'll be next year!