Top of Utah Marathon

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” -Mahatma Gandhi

This quote explains everything that I personally experienced Saturday morning.

Preston, Meranda and I all ran the Top of Utah Marathon. 26.2 Miles! We all finished in under 5 hours.

The morning started at 4:45. We woke up and got ready to go run. We picked up Meranda and headed to the park to catch the bus up the canyon.

When we reached the top we thought we'd us the port-o-potty before heading to the starting line, yeah so did everyone else! There were huge lines! While waiting it started to pour down rain! About 5 minutes before the race started it stopped raining. There were so many people running!! There were well over 3000 runners!

As we made our run down the canyon, it was perfect running weather, cloudy and cool just the way we like it. Half way down the canyon the medical staff on bikes were stopped and told us that we were about to run into a major rain storm. We felt like we'd jumped in to a swimming pool with everything on and desided to go run we got so wet from the rain. After that it started to hail and there was lightning and thunder as well, but we made it safely through. We ran the first 17 miles and then did an alternation between a run and a walk to the end.

We were able to see The Woods cheering us on at different points in the race that really helped keep us (mostly me) going.

At the end of the race they announced our names and where we were from over the PA and both the Clemmers (my parents) and the Woods (Cindy, Evan, and Parker) were at the end to cheer us in. We got awesome medals and some massages at the end!

We finished in 4:58:31 under 5 hours!!! Not bad for a first marathon!

I said I will never run another marathon again, but who knows maybe I'll change my mind as soon as I forget how sore I am. Preston, of course, says he's going to keep running them.

Glad that's it's over. We now get to start preparing for a Halloween Half in October. :)

Also we got to end our amazing Saturday with the U dominating BYU! =)

*some pictures will be coming soon from the marathon*

Hunter vs. Davis @ Weber State

Friday night Hunter played Davis High at Weber State University. It was the coolest setting for a Friday night High School Football Game. The game didn't start until 8 at night because Syracuse (my old high school) played in a game before us. I rode the bus with the cheerleaders. The bus left earlier that I would have liked. So we got up there at 6:30 and had an hour and a half to kill. On the upside I was able to watch Syracuse play and see my old coach.

As for our game we lost, BUT we scored twice and kept Davis from only scoring in the first quarter. The final score was 28-12.

We have a bye this week, BUT we are running our marathon on Saturday!!

Labor Day Weekened

Hunter vs. West Jordan

So Friday was another football game that ended in a lose. It was a rough game to watch. The only good part is that we ended the night eating at Ihop.

Next week: Hunter vs. Davis @ Weber State

Saturday

We spent the whole day watching our favorite thing, COLLEGE FOOTBALL!! We even watched while we were running at the gym. Also we spent some time at the Woods house. As we were leaving I felt something hit my head and I started to freak out and I felt something soft and squishy and learned that it was a BIRD! I freaked out and Preston being the loving husband he is comforted me and said that the bird probably thought that me hair was a nest.

Sunday

We went to church and I got to teach our Primary class while Preston was home sick. Luckily for me Meranda was home from school and able to come and help with "crowd control" a bit. We also learned that Preston's Grandma Wood was on her way up to SLC to the hospital. She has been sick lately.

Monday

We went and ran our 3 miles and then went to see Grandma Wood in the hospital. We were able to spend the whole day together which was awesome! Not something we get to do very often during football season, which is something we are both fine with!

All in all it was a great and much needed weekend!!

Football and more football!

So earlier this week Preston was made the Special Teams Coordinator. With this new position, comes new stress! He is now the Running Backs coach, Special Teams Coordinator, and JV Offensive Coordinator.

I am so proud and happy to be a coach's wife! There is nothing more fun!! He works so hard, but I know that he wouldn't change it for anything and he loves coaching!

Game tonight is against West Jordan. Hopefully we'll get a "W" out of this one!

Football: Hunter vs Pleasant Grove

So yesterday was another football game. Our boys played so hard, we just can't seem to get that ball into the end zone. It will come soon I'm sure! We ended up losing 13-0. We came so close to scoring so many times that I can't believe that we didn't get one touchdown. Next game hopefully!

As for my cheerleaders, it was my first game by myself supervising. We had to ride on a bus for an hour which was super hot! We had so much fun though! We played games, ate, and talked. I love each one of my cheerleaders! They are just so much fun to be around and are always so happy to see me. They did awesome at the game and I look forward to getting to do more with them in the months to come!

Next Game: Hunter vs West Jordan

Football season is here!

So yesterday was officially the kick off of a new season of football for Hunter High. Preston is the Running backs coach putting in long days of practice and I am the assistant cheer/ tumbling coach putting in early mornings. I now have double reason to be at each game.

Anyways, it was a rough night for Hunter High football. We lost to Layton (from my old region) 28-0. The score does not represent how well the boys played though. They worked so hard! This next week have Pleasant Grove at Pleasant Grove. I have been there once before when Syracuse played them in the playoffs and won in the last 2 seconds (literally!) to go to the State Semis at the University of Utah. Hopefully Hunter will have the same success on Friday.

My cheerleaders did awesome for their first game. We only had 8 cheering due to sickness and probation. They made me proud! They were pretty loud for only having 8 and they were super sharp!

I live for football season and I am so glad it is back! Go Wolverines!

Our First Anniversary!

So Friday was our first anniversary. We went out to lunch to Cafe Rio and then for dinner went out to eat to Tucanos.
It was very simple, but we got to spend time together which made it great!
It's amazing how far we've come in just a short year. We went through football season, basketball season, ran a couple 5K races, a 1/2 marathon, and training for a marathon.

We also went on a once in a lifetime trip to Argentina and got to enjoy a magical weekend in Disneyland with the Wood family. I would have to say this past year has been one amazing year!

One year down, eternity to go! :)