Mt. Lemmon Marathon!

Did y'all know that my sister is nutty? She is.

She orchestrated (beautifully, I might add) the Vail School District team to run in the inaugural Mt. Lemmon marathon/half-marathon.

I like to think that I am not nutty. When I first heard about this race, I thought anyone who signed up would have to be out-of-their-minds.

Nope, not nutty. But I guess I am easily persuaded though.

As Chelsea was recruiting runners for the event, sending persuasive emails, getting sponsors, and making me feel lazy, I gave in and signed-up. I think it was the idea of the long-sleeve finishers shirt that really lured me in.

All of us crazies started running up the mountain at 6:00 AM. Three hours and ten minutes later I crossed the finish line:

Some hi-lights from the day (other than finishing, of course):

• Our fellow French Toasts, with cowbell of course, cheering for us along the way at at the finish line.
• Watching Andy (another French Toast) finishing the FULL!
• Finishing 1 minute ahead of Chelsea after running together for over 12 miles (sorry, Chels, it's all physics)
• The ridiculously good breakfast at the Cookie Place
• Putting on the finishers shirt!
• James being announced as the winner of the FULL when he did the HALF (okay...I didn't actually hear this because I was 5 minutes behind James but I know it happened and it makes me giggle.
• Finishing before the winner of the FULL (by about 3 minutes).
• Our fellow French Toasts being there for support! (I know I already mentioned it, but it was truly amazing to have them there.)

Up next - Vegas, Baby!