Dad picks me up at "O Dark Hundred" on Saturdays and we drive to Springville to get JoJo. They run up Cardiac Hill near JoJo's house (it's got a killer incline - similar to 9% incline on a treadmill) and THEN they start their run. Last week they ran 23 miles; the week previous they ran 18 miles; the week before that they ran through Hobble Creek Canyon (CarCar was on that run - the last run as a team in UTAH); and yesterday Dad & Jo ran 12.5 miles from Springville to Provo. Don't worry - Dad made sure there were several hills and would sprint UP THE HILL. I kept telling him I'm no Lance Armstrong, and a couple times I had to get off the bike and walk up the hill that he and Jo were running up. Incredible.
Hobble Creek Canyon (before the "fun" began);
Me & Reese cheering for Pappy, CarCar, & mommy
(Thanks Spencer for dropping the car off, for biking up the canyon and
meeting us as we came down, and for taking these pics)
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Eventhough I'm just their water girl biking along with them, I don't know how they do it. How do they keep their legs moving? How do they keep talking while they are running? How can they run for 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours? I think they're ridiculous to run for that long, but they keep the endorphines coming and keep going. (Confession: I didn't bike with them the whole 23 mile run - I took off and found some yard sales and then met them with only 3 miles to go. I'm a slacker, I know).
There are only 2 Saturdays left before St. George. I am committed to carrying their water, gatorade, sweat cloths (as long as they don't touch me) and anything else Dad & Jo need. Each time I climb on the bike, I wonder how I biked 25 miles at the Burley, Idaho Tri and scored 3rd place with my sisters. Now, THAT WAS FUN!!!
Here's to SuperMan & SuperWoman - YOU ROCK!!
I begged for a picture with the "Supers."
This is us at O Dark Hundred - gearing up for the run yesterday
2 comments:
so so glad that you found your camera..so when you gonna up date jos blog again...lookin forward to it.
How does a new mom run so much? My wee ones are a year old and I haven't 'found' the time to exercise beyond dead lifting Soren out of the crib. Amazing. You are such a sweet, supportive, and amazing daughter/sister/friend. I miss you.
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