Summer 2011

   Wow! Summer has come and gone and I haven't posted any updates.  Well, honestly there isn't much to update on. Our summer consisted mostly of working, running and a few extra days off in between. So this post probably won't be very long.

   After Brian graduated in May he got hired on at LDS in their Endoscopy Lab. He was already working there as a tech which made it easier to get hired on as a RN. It's definitely not where he wants to work forever but he makes the most of it for now. When Brian is asked questions like, "Can you change those sheets?" or "Can you give that patient an IV?" Brian responds, "Of course I can, I'm a Male Nurse!" I think his coworkers are getting tired of him saying that. :)

   Now on to running. Honestly, the only thing I can really remember about this past summer is running, running and more running. The reason we have been doing so much running is because we signed up to do the Hood To Coast (H2C)  Relay in Oregon on August 26th and 27th. We signed up with a bunch of Brian's immediate family and cousins and basically spent the whole summer training for that race. I will make a post about the H2C a little later.

One thing that impresses me about Brian is that when he goes running he prefers to train on dirt trails and steep hills. I personally try to avoid hills but not Brian. He ran a few races during the summer to help with his training. The first race was in July and was apart of a Cascadia Trail Series. The race was called Battle @ Big Springs 8K and was up Provo Canyon. Here is a shot of Brian near the start of the race.

This is the elevation profile of the race.

All I can say is that I think he's crazy. Here he is coming in at the end of the race. The second picture shows him crossing the finish line with a time of 47 min.

After the race was over they had a raffle for all of the runners. We debated whether or not we wanted to stick around for it but we were glad that we did. Brian won a pair of trail running shoes that were worth about $130. He was so happy!!!

That race was on July 18th and on July 23rd we did the Pioneer Day Classic 10K in Provo. It was the 1st 10K I have every done! Brian took 8th overall and 2nd in this age group. I conveniently don't have any pictures. Sadly I had a hard time with remembering to take pictures during the entire summer. Brian did one more race before the H2C. It was on August 20th and was called the Skyline Mountain Half Marathon. It was definitely no ordinary 1/2 marathon. They climbed 4500 ft and actually ran 14.1 miles instead of the regular 13.1. I wasn't surprised when Brian took 8th overall. That boy is amazing. He definitely makes it easy for me to brag about him. :)

Well that's all for now. I will soon post about our anniversary adventure!