♠ Posted by Paul Naylor
These six months have gone by fast, and running a race each month makes it goes by faster. This has been a goal since late last year, to run a race every month. It gets hard sometimes, from training, traveling, the costs, etc.. But its worth it all this [trouble], I have enjoyed every race.
Here is a brief review of these races:
St. George Half Marathon:
Coming back from a foot injury, my time was not ideal. But my first time running the St.George Half Marathon was incredible. This was my second qualifying race for the St. George Marathon later this year. I love running in Southern Utah, has to be one of my favorites places to run.
Run Surf City Marathon:
First race in California! I first heard of this race about five years ago, and I've always been drawn to the Surf Board medals. And what gets better than running along the beach? I was still recovering from my foot injury, but it wasn't bad enough to keep me from running. I just was not able to run very fast, but still enjoyed the race. I'm already signed up for next years race!
Zion Half Marathon:
I was hesitant about this race when I first heard it was uphill. But the race course at the mouth of Zion's won over. The scenery throughout the course has to be the best I've seen....and I've ran many races. It must be my love for red rocks, I was able to meet up with a previous mission companion(pictured above), and that really topped off the race.
Salt Lake City Marathon:
I have lived in Utah most my life, and this was the first time I ran the Salt Lake City Half Marathon. After finishing the race, I wondered to myself why I never run the race before. The race course was amazing, taking runners through many historic sites of the city.
Ogden Marathon:
Ogden Half Marathon. One of my favorite half marathons in Utah. This is the third year I've ran here. It rained for pretty much the entire race, but did not make it a lesser enjoyable time.
Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay:
Fourth Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay, and ninth overall. These relay races never gets old. Always new relay legs, new people meet, and new experiences to be had. I always wonder if I'll run another relay race, but when I think back at the experiences, its a hard race to stay away from.
And there you have it, six races in six months. I'm looking forward to the second half of the year. So far, I have three marathons and one have marathon on the calendar.