The plan was that Tom, Todd, Betty & I would meet at the top of 193. We would run along 89 to Mutton Hollow in Kaysville. At the bottom of Mutton Hollow Tom and Betty were to turn off and head on their own route because they were attempting 18 miles. Todd and I were to go in another direction because we were attempting 23.
We started out perfect. We ran along 89 and made it to Mutton Hollow. This is such a great stretch of downhill. A few miles down Mutton Hollow Tom & Betty turned off and headed on their way. Todd and I kept going to Main Street where we followed Main Street all the way to Farmington. We made a stop at Fresh Market where Todd stripped his pants. We were doing so good on Main Street. I was really loving this new route and was excited to see it all the way. We turned off Main Street onto a frontage road that weaved us to Shepard Lane. We made our way up and over the freeway and kept heading west. This is where Todd started showing signs of slowing. WE WERE ONLY 10 MILES IN TO OUR 23 MILE RUN. NOT EVEN HALF WAY! I tried to stay positive and slowed us down a bit. I kept telling him to just run slower and STOP STOPPING. The next few miles consisted of him running for 45 seconds to a minute and then stopping again. He said he just couldn't get going again. By mile 12 I was really struggling keeping him going. I was trying to talk positive and told him what he should be thinking about but he was just done. I think he was mentally bored. At one point he started running and it was strong. I thought, here we go, he's back. But within 30 seconds he stopped again and yelled UGH! I asked what was the matter and he said his phone just told him what mile we were at and he realized how much further we still had. I laughed and told him he can't think of the distance ahead. He really needed to chunk up the distance. Around mile 13.5 he was saying he couldn't make it and just wanted to stop at my house, which would be about mile 16. I tried telling him that wasn't an option. I even tried calling Merrill to come and pace us hoping that would get Todd going again but Mike wasn't home. The next mile consisted of more stopping and starting with hands flying in the air and frustrated grunts. Around 14.5 I was starting to crack myself. It was starting to get warm and all the starting and stopping was making my body tighten up. Todd was wearing me down mentally. :)
I decided there was no way we could keep going on to 23 so I called our mommy to come and get us. :) She found Jeremy, who was coming our way for work, and sent him to rescue us. Todd and I walked the remainder of the way to my house (that's being built). We crashed on the floor and had a good laugh about our experience.
We had Jeremy take us down to Jensen's Park where Todd's car was and where Betty & Tom would be ending up. The look on my dad and Betty's face was priceless when they saw us DRIVING into the parking lot. Once we explained that Jeremy was our rescuer they realized what happened. They had originally thought we were so fast that we were already done and Jeremy just happened to be there. Not the case.
Tom & Betty on the other hand did awesome. They shot for 18 and ended up doing 20! My dad felt so good after 18 that he couldn't help but keep going. They had no problems on their run. It sounds like they just chit chatted the entire time. I am so glad he got that great run in because I was worried he was behind because of his nose bleed problems. It looks like he is definitely back in the game!
**STATS**
Temperature: ? Chilly at the start but it got warmer
Time of Day: 7:30 a.m.
TODD & ME
Distance: 16.29 miles
Time: 3:01:33
Pace: 11:09 min/mile
TOM & BETTY
Distance: 20 miles
Time: 3:36
Pace: 10:48 min/mile
Pace: 10:48 min/mile
At the start
Jeremy was mine and Todd's rescuer.
I'm the one who was GOING to finish strong!
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