Andy does St. George (Marathon)

Last weekend we travelled down to St. George for the marathon. We had a total of six runners in Holly’s family running the race. Holly's Mom and Dad also came to support and cheer on the runners. We had a full house with 17 or 18 of us staying in the rental house with us.

The house worked out perfectly even if the weather didn't. We were able to go on bike rides in and around the golf course community and the kids had a theater room to watch movies, and everyone enjoyed the pool and jacuzzi.

Here are the rental house pictures: (click picture to see 'em bigger)


Here is a picture of all our runners:
Mari and Tyler, Erin, Andrew, Kris and Dave.



We had some interesting weather before and during the marathon as it rained the entire time. A few of us had our sunglasses on our heads, and we didn't even need them. Also, there was a head wind for much of the race. Defnitely a run to remember.

The best performance was turned in by Dave who shaved off more than an hour of his last year's time to finish right at 4:01. Dave crossed the finish line hand in hand with Kris. Erin ran her first marathon and finished a little bit before Dave and Kris at 3:59. Andrew finished at 3:44:16, and Tyler and Mari, came in around 4:45. So all in all, we had Erin and Tyler run their first ever marathons, and Andrew, Kris and Dave all got personal records. Dave, Kris and Andrew are all signed up for the Runner Series again so they will be back to run again next year, and Erin says she may try the Marathon Lottery.



Here is a picture of Andrew at the finish.