So, yeah, Zach wins for randomness this time!
He totally ran the SLC marathon on Saturday! He really did awesome! He came home Monday night and said he got the email for the marathon and decided he really did want to do it....and he did! He originally began training in January and then with all the snow and such, got discouraged and stopped. He has been running regularly as there are other races he is participating in, but wasn't training to run the marathon.
I was a little worried because he has never run one and the furthest he had run recently is close to 10 miles. Yeah, he did so well!
Here are the stats: Finishing time- 5 hours 3 minutes Average mile time- 11 min. 36 seconds He came in 1,033rd place! There was some 1,300 or so that ran the marathon.
He was quite sore after as to be expected, but he walked away with two blisters and a nice sunburn. I am still amazed he did it! He said he would finish even if he had to walk. He finished running! Here is the footage, cheesy I know. I was quite emotional to see my husband still in one piece!
Way to go Zach! You amaze me!!!!
15 comments:
Way to go ZACH that is just too cool!!
Good job Zach that is really amazing! Good luck with future races!
That's incredible. I seriously got teary just watching that. You are such a cute wife, and I love that you are so happy and excited for him. What an accomplishment!
Good work Zach!! That is so fun that you did that. Good luck you two with the race next month.
That made me excited for him! And way to be a cute excited wife! I love that he came and got Ben to cross with him! So cute!
holy moly, that is the cutetest! grabbing ben to finish the race. you are so cute becca i love your support!
That's so cool! Isn't it amazing what our bodies can do. Way to go Zach, and keep running. I loved that you had a video to share the emotion
I loved the video Becca! It was so fun to hear you cheer for him and so cute that he picked up Ben. How fun to have that video and be able to show Ben later :) How did your brother do with elections?
We are so proud of you Zach. You did an awesome job, I'm glad that you made it back in one peice!
Bec, you're too cute.
Aww, thanks for recording it and then sharing it with us! I'm sorry I didn't make it over to see him run across the finish line with Ben and thanks for stopping by to say "Hi" after.
Wow! I am way impressed! Congrats Zach!! I hope you're not too sore still :).
That's incredible Zach! Especially with not training for a marathon! I loved how he took Ben through the finish line! Way too cool!
Thats incredible. My name is Chad Cannon and I went to Elementary and Jr. High with Zach. Nice to see you are still running. It was great to run across your blog. www.chadandnachelle.blogspot.com
Bec - it was fun to see you guys yesterday! We all got a little bit sunburned!!! Anyway, I am still so amazed that Zach finished the marathon without even training for it. Way to go Zach - more power to ya!
So I cried watching that video! How silly am I! That is so amazing! I think I watched too much of the Ironman, and that really made me cry, so this just brought back those memories. Way to go ZACK!!!! That is so amazing! What an accomplishment! Seriously!
Love you guys!
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