Last March, a friend from our ward invited Jose to run the Wasatch Back Relay. This was a race on a team of 12 men and women who ran 180 miles from Logan to Park City over a 24 hour period. Jose's portion of the race was about 17 miles divided into 3 parts. After training for the Wasatch Back, Jose decided to run the Provo Half-marathon, then he decided he was running the
Top of Utah Marathon...
This is at about mile 18.5 where Nikki and I first caught up with Jose after finishing our 5K. We then leapfrogged ahead to cheer him on at 19.5, 21, 22, and 25 before finally catching him at the finish line. Alex had a football game this morning, so my mom came up and stayed with Sofia and Alex so he wouldn't have to miss out on his game. Thanks Mom!
Jose's official time was 4 hours, 34 minutes, and 17 seconds.
HOORAY for Jose!!!
Jose wanted Nikki to run the Top of Utah 5K (run on the last 3 miles of the marathon course the same morning), but she was nervous to do it alone. So I told her that I'd walk the 5K with her. We had a fun time doing it together.
Now that the marathon is over, Jose has signed up for another... He'll be running the Ogden Marathon in May (along with the Wasatch Back again next June, and the Ragnar del Sol - another Wasatch Back type relay in Arizona - in February). Go Jose!
