#52- The Salt Lake City Marathon

The second montage is from The Salt Lake City Marathon where Teresa and I were pacing the 5:00 hour pace group. This was the first race to take place after the Boston Marathon bombings.The weather was cold and rainy that day. Thanks to Galen Garrison for taking all these photos!

Suzette and I working the pacer booth at the expo!

 

SLC Pacers!!

 

Maniacs at the start!

 

Marci, Susette and i at the start!

 

Marci, Tim and I at the start!

 

Galen, Marci and I

 

Tim Gill carried the American flag the entire 26.2 miles!

 

Here I am "Keeping Pace"! Hee Hee!

 

Teresa and I!

 

I was holding the balloons for the first half and my hands got sooooo cold. Thanks to Bob Baker for hooking us up with warm dry gloves and hand warmers! My hands were so cold, Teresa had to help me put them on. That's what friends are for right?

 

Teresa, Galen and I finishing just under our 5:00 pace! We are holding small American flags that a spectator was handing our about a mile from the finish.

 

Teresa and I at the cold and rainy finish!

 

#51- The Los Angeles Marathon!!

OK! I am so behind on my blog! Sorry folks, thing have just been crazy so please forgive me as I do more of a photo gallery of races to catch up! The first in this montage is The Los Angeles Marathon on St. Patrick's Day, 2013! My friend's Teresa and Jim took an awesome road trip and hilarity ensued!

Teresa and I having fun with Joe Taricani from The Marathon Show!

 

Lindsay, Teresa and I got our bibs!

 

Fun, but hilly course!

 

Fellow Utah Maniac, John Bozung!!

 

Drummers!

 

My best LA friends Heather and Jesse came out to cheer me on! LOVE them!!

 

Teresa in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater

 

I made some new friends!

 

I finished! At least I look better than the guy behind me! Hee Hee!

 

Thelma ans Louise!! Jim as Brad Pitt! Hee Hee!