On March 14th, I participated in the Rex Lee Run. A few months ago, Ken and I made a list of things we wanted to do before we left BYU. One of mine was to do the Rex Lee Run. It is an annual run that honors a former BYU president and raises money for the cancer research done on campus. I hadn't done it in my first three years here, but it was now or never considering we may not be in Provo next winter semester.I walked the 5k with my sister Annalisa (not pictured). She is athletic and quite a good runner, but she decided to keep her slower (in many senses of the word) sister company.
It was so much fun! The weather was a little cooler than I anticipated, but it was such a beautiful day. The run started by the football stadium, went down 9th East and then looped around the South and West sides of campus. I finished the 5k in 50 minutes and 27 seconds (1417th place of 1470- not bad for my first time!). It was a run, not a race!
In all honesty I have never been athletic or really ever enjoyed exercise even, but I love the energy and camaraderie that accompanies such big events like this. I had so much fun and may even do something like this again in the future!
2 comments:
Whoohoo! That sounds way cool! I hadn't heard of it....Memo to self....props to you and cancer research!
That's amazing that you can run! I miss running SOOOO much but I can't get very far with the little boy bouncing on my bladder!!! Way to go!
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