Hat-trick

In soccer, a hat-trick is when you make three goals in one game.

I'm not Ty...so...this wasn't exactly what I did.

However,

I did run my first 1/2 MARATHON!

(You can just see me and Brooke's heads behind the girl in red)

The last .5 mile runway was just packed with people

lining both sides. There were just under 3,000 runners and

lots and lots of friends and fans.

We finished in 2:03:27 and

ran the WHOLE 13.1 miles!

Chugged a water bottle then

immediately fell to the ground.

It was so fun to have my roommate to run next to

and pace with me.

This had been a New Years resolution and something

I've wanted to do for SO long.

Seriously, it was one of the most fun physical

activity things I've done. Running through the canyon

with all the leaves on the trees and ground, snow on the

mountain tops, and 3,000 fellow runners

all around me (some very much in costume, since

it was halloween and all)...

At one point I turned off my ipod and just listened

to the river we were running along and the

rhythmic pounding of thousands of shoes

on the pavement.

BEST TIME!

Three of our friends came to cheer us on.

Thanks guys!

Then I went to Ky's to watch the Giants game

while she got ready for a party.

Let's just say I was a little too tired to join her.

So instead of partying, I went home and made

a casserole with Kaitlin and Trevs....

and then homemade Oreos with orange frosting...

and then peanut butter bars...

and then...just kidding.

So my day was a three fold plus, or hat-trick!

Marathon, friends, and cooking.

~Can't wait for my next run~