HE DID IT!!!! Well, they all did it - all 5000+, but we are most proud of the four we cheered on. The St. George Marathon was this weekend, so we loaded up the van on Friday and headed out. Staci wrote motivational messages on the van, i.e - go, go, go and run, run, run to inspire and motivate Jason and Bacho on the drive.
We pulled into St. George around 5:00pm on Friday night and started the marathon process. Jason, Bacho, Lucy - Bacho's sister, and Jake - Bacho's brother-in-law all checked in and received their racing packets. After everyone was checked in we headed over to the all you can eat pasta and salad bar. Yummy!!! After that we headed to the St. George Best Inn, our hotel and settled in for the long night.
The race started at 6:45am, but they asked the runners to be up at the field a couple hours earlier in order to bus the runners to the starting line. I had the job of driving them to the field at 4:45am, 3:45 az time. Poor guys!!! Anyway... we woke up to rain and cold temps. It hasn't rained during the race for 25 years. What are the chances??? I dropped them off to get on the bus and said good luck, stay safe, run strong and we will see you at the finish line. The picture below is pre-race.
4 - 5 hours later we started seeing our family members finish the race. It was so nerve racking because you have no idea where they are, what mile they are on, and if they are ok. The crowd was so big it was hard to see the finish line, plus it seemed like everyone had an umbrella, which made it extra hard to see the runners. 
Everyone made it safe and ran an excellent race. Everyone finished healthy, just sore and tired. Who can blame them.... I am so proud of Jason. He trained so hard and gave up many saturday morning sleep-ins. This is one accomplishment not everyone can say they did. Great job you guys!!!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
26.2
Posted by Jason and Ashlee at 6:35 PM
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Congratulations again on another marathon. You guys are great and what an experience to be able to do it with family, both in the race and on the sidelines. Keep up the great work.
Congratulations, Jason! I hope to run 26.2 myself someday! You rock!
Congrats! That is so great they all did it and did so well! I think it's so fun to go watch and cheer on the runners. My mom decided to skip it this year, they were worn out from all their other trips this summer. Maybe next year!
Thats SO awesome! Congrats on the marathon. I wish I could run that far but it makes me tired just thinking about it.
Congrats Jason! That is a huge accomplishment, one I don't think I'll ever be able to do! Sounds like a fun family event!
wow, never would I be able to do that. awesome. you guys are cute.
I knew they could do it!!!
Jason stop running full marathons and making us half marathoners look so dumb. I used to think I was cool, but not anymore. Nice job Jas!!! I hope your toe nails don't fall off.
Go Jason! Since I have no hope (and sadly no desire) to run a marathon, I respect each person who does it all the more! Seriously amazing!
Oh man! Me & Trenton were there watching. His teacher ran the marathon. We live in St. George!!! I wish I would have known you were here...next time!! But still proud of you for doing it...and in the rain!
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