Provo City 5K

May 1, 2010

We woke up early to get ready and headed down to Provo Tabernacle where the race was to begin. It was a nice over cast day, and started to get a little chilly. We ran into my friend Tavia in the parking lot who was there to cheer on her husband who was running the half-marathon. She took a couple of pictures for us (thanks!).

We headed over to the starting line and waited for the half-marathoners to start, next came the 5K. We lined up and started the race, about a block into the race it started to rain. Then a little while later the rain turned to slush/snow. It wasn't to cold since we were running and able to keep warm. Just a little annoying dripping down your face.

We had a great race and made it in under 35 minutes. Which for me is fabulous! Ryan was wonderful and ran with me the whole time. He was great at keeping a nice steady pace. As we finished and headed back to our car... we realized that our car had been towed.

We had parked in a parking lot near the tabernacle and there weren't any signs in front of the space we parked in. And we figured it was Saturday and the business was closed, we should be fine for an hour or so. Unfortunately we were wrong :( our wallets and cell phones were in the car, so we decided to walk over to the hospital to call. We had made it about half way when we saw some of the half-marathoners and decided to hang out and cheer them on. We were there about 10-15 minutes and saw a few friends. We then headed up state street. We had figured we were fairly close to the towing company by the time we reached the hospital so we would just walk over. We had to back track a little bit to find the front entrance, but were able to get the car back for a small fee. What an expensive lesson!

By the time we had gotten home and stopping in the cold without much of a cool down and stretch we were pretty sore and tired. We had a great day, but glad to be home to rest and recoup.