Then & Now

This is what I did in 2006:

SLC Half Marathon

AND THIS:

Deseret News 24th of July 10K

And a SLEW of other 5Ks and 10Ks

then I met HIM

and WE wrapped up the year of 2006 by doing this

In 2007 I started this

And in 2008 I ended up with one of these

This is what I did in 2009... A LOT of cleaning up after and chasing after this one...

And then we got THIS message

AND SOOO...

This is what I did in 2010

And then I had me another one of these

Now it's 2011 and this is what I've got going on

Now this one...

Chelsea 2008

Looks like this...

Chelsea 2011

And this one...

Ruby 2010

Looks like this...

Ruby 2011 (almost 10 months)

So what else does 2011 hold for me???

Well, there is this: http://slc.info-komen.org/site/TR/RacefortheCure/SLC_SaltLakeCityAffiliate?fr_id=2133&pg=entry, which happends in less than 24 hours.  My first race in several years.

Then it's onto this: http://www.deseretnews.com/media/run/ (the 10K...not the marathon) in July.

And IF I can survive both of those, the REAL goal is this: http://www.laytonmarathon.com/ (the half).

Running and finishing the Salt Lake Half marathon back in 2006 was one of my proudest moments in life.  Ever since I finished that race I've had the deepest desire to do it again.  But marriage, children and life have all taken priority (as they should have) and training for something as ambitious as a half marathon has not been possible.  I am hoping that 2011 is my year to get back to a half marathon.  I pray that life in the Petersen home will be calm enough that I can devote the time necessary to the training needed.  I am crossing my fingers that my body will be strong enough (I was 30 lbs lighter the last time around so that's asking a lot) and healthy enough to withstand the challenge and remain injury free. 

I'm looking forward to an exciting and fun remainder of 2011.