RUN GIRLIES! RUN!

This is the Riverton City 1/2 marathon.  13.1 miles on March 25.  Jamie already finished and went back to run in with Morgan.  Morgan had side aches and was a hurting.  But that doesn't stop her from having a little fun in front of the camera! 

  What was Riverton City thinking, cause-- Baby it's cold out here.  Of course you have to have your support crew.  Not in the picture is Kevin and Shauna (me). 

 Last year, I trained with the girls to run this race and gave myself plantar factiaitus, or something like that.  It took me all summer to walk again.  So this year, I wimped out and didn't sign up.  Kevin and I were in charge of cheerleading!  Somebody's got to do it.

 

 But the girls were going for broke.  Jamie wanted to finish under 2 hours.  Keep in mind that this is only the 2nd half marathon either one of them have run.  And Jamie did it!  With 10 plus minutes to spare. 

 You go girl!

And Morgan was a champ!  3 miles in she had side aches.  She struggled with the demons in her head and finished.  Even came in close to her time for last year, Give or take a few minutes.

Side note!  Tiffany ran a marathon, all 26.2 miles on 11/21/10 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Only 5 months after Cadence was born!

Yea, The Leake, aka Jenkins/Johnson/Birks girls are ROCK STARS!

Winter fun!  Kevin and I shot in a 3-D Archery league this winter.

Every tues we tried our skills at shooting 3-D foam targets.  I had this cute partner, my friend Jodee, while Kevin partnered with Brian.  So we got to shoot against each other.  (The boys kicked our behinds, but we gave then a run for their money).  A perfect score for one round is 150.  Kevin is consistently shooting 146-148.  This is my first year shooting and I manaaged to shoot a 148.  But consistently I was averaging 138.  I had a few bad mojo nights.  Shot the floor one time. (Pulled on the release too early).  Shot the wrong target once. What a great winter activity.

Spring is sooo fun.  One day you can go short sleeves, and the next you need snow boots.

Mother nature has been generously piling the snow on this year.  The nice thing about spring, it only lasts a day or two and then warm weather again!

MEGA CARROTS!

I planted carrots in the garden last year and we didn't eat them all.  I left them in the ground and with the warm weather decided to dig them up so they wouldn't rot.

They are the sweetest, big carrots!  Definetly planting carrots again next year!

 BURIED ALIVE!

I had this incredible experience.

I was purposely buried alive.  It's a long, short story!   Dad is on the ski patrol at Alta and he knows people:)  (Does that sound like we are special?)  People with avalanche dogs that are in training.  There was a planned search for the day and Jack (another ski patrolman, who happens to be Ali's Dad, and Ali happens to be someone I grew up skiing with, and she happened to be in Salt Lake, so we went skiing).  Well Jack volunteered Ali and I to be buried alive.

There were two snow caves dug, about 150 yards apart,

about 4 feet under the snow.

My cave was large enough that I had two feet to spare in length

 and a foot plus around me.

We climbed into the hole, and the patrolman covered the opening with snow.

I did really well, no panic attacks, no scary thoughts.  But I didn't have snow on my face or pressing on me.  That would have changed this experience substantially.  I was surprised how I could hear a skier, the dog running around and people talking.  I was told that when in the hole, you can hear whats on top of the snow.  But if I had tried to yell or whistle.  I would not be heard.  They say I was only in the hole about 20 minutes before Mika started to dig me out.  Yep, in a real avalanche, I would probably be dead.  Gives you something to think about.  Wear Beacons!

Shauna and Ali

Jack, Ali, Mom, Dad, Tina and Shauna

Challenger, here we come!

This was such a fun day!

Ali, call me anytime you can come to town and ski!