St. George Marathon

This weekend I went to St. George with my parents, Timmy and Sophie to watch Sherry run in the St. George marathon. We left mid-morning Friday and got there around 3:00 PM. Sophie was great and we didn't have to stop once.

Sherry was AWESOME!!! It's really no wonder why she's my idol. She has been nursing a hip injury the past few weeks so my mom went into full doctor mode and worked on her forever Friday night after dinner. The race was cold and rainy so I didn't take very many pictures. Sherry said it was perfect running weather, but not the best for spectators. Rain or shine we were there to cheer her on! Her goal was to finish in 3:45 to qualify for Boston next year and she told us she was going to run with the 3:40 or 3:30 pacers. We showed up at about 3:15 to be there on time - good thing too because she came cruising in fast at 3:26!!!


Here she is coming in very strong. Look at her knees that's how you can tell she's feeling good - no shuffle!



My mom and dad worked hard to get an ice bath at the finish of the race. My mom borrowed a kiddie pool then my dad got some bags of ice on the way to the race. In order to fill it with water my dad was taking a big trash bag and filling it with water from the drinking fountain - talk about dedication.
Even in the freezing cold Sherry sat down in her ice bath, all wrapped up with a warm cup of peppermint tea. People looked at her like she was CRAZY! But it worked so well, she wasn't even limping the rest of the day. We would see people who did the race and you could pick them out so easily because of the "shuffle" but Sherry was walking so normal. I'm not sure if I would be able to sit in an ice bath though.



Timmy, Danny and Ethan - the cheerleaders!


We are hoping to do it next year - Sherry, Danny and I (not running together of course, I could never keep up with those two). Hopefully we can get in.

Wanna join us?