the white house at the right time

Cayden ran and won his first half marathon despite getting to bed at 1 am (drive in movie night)!   Respectively they came in 7th and 8th place overall with minimal training. It was a trail run in the Herriman foothills - Herriman Hold'em Half. Along side the runners were several groups of marines and other military personnel that completed the course with their full packs in honor of those that committed suicide from PTSD.  It was very moving to see this group as part of the runners. Randy said it was fun to see Cayden transition from being coached and paced by him to Cayden ultimately setting the pace. Estimating is a tricky thing and this time I totally missed. I assumed with trail run, little sleep, little training, and a first time experience it would take them around 1:45 to 2 hours. So I zipped home to do some work, and when I came back to capture finish photos they were already done and snacking on grapes and chocolate creamsicles.

Run, run as fast as you can, then give up the burgers and the white flour and amazing things can happen, so I've been told. As I've said, I am a half hearted runner, I do it because my husband does it. He wants us to be healthy and fit and it give us a connection. I am training for a half-marathon and want to improve on my last time. Randy ran 20 miles the other day, I ran/walked 4. Mind you, he runs around me, he is doing timed miles at a 6:25 pace, I am looking for ways to improve my run - so I am going to the food source -sugar. When I talked to my Dad the other day and told him I made homemade sweet rolls, "that is bad for you" jumped out of his mouth. Really I thought the sweet rolls were pretty good, I ate three. But no joke, the sugar queen is going to lighten up for a bit. Dad recently had heart surgery, and as such has given up the hamburger, the ice cream, the white bread among other things. He's lost about 10 pounds. Randy hasn't been eating sugar, ...