Rim Country Challenge!

It was a beautiful Saturday morning in Payson AZ. And 5 of our FMX team runners got out there to run the 5k or Half Marathon! It was so much fun! The weather was gorgeous. I think I can speak for everyone when I say... THAT RUN WAS HARD! It was no flat jog around the track! Especially for Donald. We were running hills. And for those of us who came up from Mesa it was 4000ft higher in elevation than we are used to. So we gasped for air as we ran our butts off! But I can say we all did SO good! I know I did the best I could do and I'm happy with that.
And now for the results!...

Donald: ran 13.3 miles. It was his first Half marathon and it was one of the hardest I've seen. We looked at his GPS tracker when we got home, at some of the hills he had to run. One of them was over 1/2 a mile at 13% grade. That's nuts. He still managed to run the whole thing and it only slowed his usual training pace down by a minute. He was waisted at the end. What an amazing athlete!

He placed 3rd in his division! (there were only 3 people)
HALF MARATHON - MALE AGE GROUP: 19-29

PLACE NO. NAME SEX AGE TIME PACE DIV CITY, ST
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1 125 BRADFORD BROOKS M 29 1:32:18 7:03 M2029 ,
2 126 SHAWN ELLEDGE M 28 2:00:23 9:11 M2029 ,
3 124 DONALD WEIR M 27 2:12:48 10:08 M2029 MESA, AZ

Donald's triumphant FINISH!

His flushed face. ***psst. ask him about mile 9***

After the race, guess what we're still in love!!!

This man was Donald's inspiration all through out the race. If it wasn't for those little pink booty-shorts that passed him going up over this last hill I don't think he would have had the will to go on. (although I don't think Zayah thought much of them.)

Pink Booty-Shorts in all his glory.
Donna: ran the 5k in a competitive division, 9 people, and WON! WAY TO GO! Her pace time is almost at were it needs to be for our 10k minimum goal in January. So she is on her way :)

5K RUN - FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50-59

PLACE NO. NAME SEX AGE TIME PACE DIV CITY, ST
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1 23 DONNA DARE F 58 34:31 11:07 F5559 ,
2 19 LINDA STARBUCK F 56 34:47 11:12 F5559 ,
3 18 MARIE MENNEN F 55 35:57 11:35 F5559 ,
4 22 SUSAN ZINN F 58 36:05 11:37 F5559 ,
5 20 LOIS DALY F 56 37:38 12:07 F5559 MESA, AZ
6 17 CAROL STEPHENS F 52 38:14 12:19 F5054 ,
7 21 ROMAINE BROPHY F 58 43:57 14:09 F5559 PAYSON, AZ
8 15 CANDACE CONTE F 50 43:57 14:09 F5054 PAYSON, AZ
9 24 PAMELA JANSSEN F 59 1:13:28 23:39 F5559 HEBER, AZ

1st Place Medal

Jaba: ran the 5k. I'm so glad he came out because even the day before he wasn't sure if he was going to come. And then he was talking all this smack about how he was probably going to walk the whole thing and be behind everyone... he waisted me! And he did so good! He totally didn't walk. Next time I think he will remember his running shoes, though. Cuz I think he hurt his shins...oops. Jaba is really close to the 11:00 pace 10k goal. A few more months of training and he'll be one of our best runners.

Look at that he placed 1st! (out of 1 ha ha)
5K RUN - MALE AGE GROUP: 19-29

PLACE NO. NAME SEX AGE TIME PACE DIV CITY, ST
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1 34 JABA AUMUA M 26 36:35 11:47 M2029 MESA, AZ

Lois: ran the 5k. She did awesome! I know she was worried about a hurt back injury that happened about 2 weeks ago so she was taking it a little easy. And these hills were NOT taking it easy on her. But she is alive and well! And she got a GREAT time!
5K RUN - FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50-59

PLACE NO. NAME SEX AGE TIME PACE DIV CITY, ST
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1 23 DONNA DARE F 58 34:31 11:07 F5559 ,
2 19 LINDA STARBUCK F 56 34:47 11:12 F5559 ,
3 18 MARIE MENNEN F 55 35:57 11:35 F5559 ,
4 22 SUSAN ZINN F 58 36:05 11:37 F5559 ,
5 20 LOIS DALY F 56 37:38 12:07 F5559 MESA, AZ
6 17 CAROL STEPHENS F 52 38:14 12:19 F5054 ,
7 21 ROMAINE BROPHY F 58 43:57 14:09 F5559 PAYSON, AZ
8 15 CANDACE CONTE F 50 43:57 14:09 F5054 PAYSON, AZ
9 24 PAMELA JANSSEN F 59 1:13:28 23:39 F5559 HEBER, AZ

Mom is a little camera shy i guess because I didn't get any pictures of just her :(

(And this is the best one I got, because this is all she did haha was worry about Kevin all day)

Shannon: ran the 5k. I did my personal best and I'm actually happy about that. Even though it's super slow and I thought I could run faster. The last 5k I ran I ran slower so I improved. And I ran as much as I possibly could. I'm going to keep training and do the best I can always, and I WILL get down to 11:00 10k :)

Plus I placed 3rd in my division (ha out of 3, but I got a medal)
5K RUN - FEMALE AGE GROUP: 19-29

PLACE NO. NAME SEX AGE TIME PACE DIV CITY, ST
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1 33 FRAN MAGRI F 25 21:47 7:01 F2029 ROCHESTER, NY
2 7 LALAINE BYRD F 27 31:59 10:18 F2529 GILBERT, AZ
3 6 SHANNON WEIR F 27 44:27 14:19 F2529 MESA, AZ

I know it looks like I'm walking but right before this picture was taken I was running at top speed across the finish line... Haha NO just kidding. But I didn't walk.

The Best NUMBER 1 FAN!

Here's the 5kers in their places after the race :)

We missed everyone who couldn't make it out to the race! But don't worry, we are doing a 10k next month! And I know everyone will try to come to that :) I'm sorry Megan that your back was hurt because I know you really wanted to come, registered and all. I hope you feel better soon!