Utah Valley Marathon

See Sam way back there? Yeah, I didn't either because he wasn't there yet!

Ah-ha! There he is!

Lookin' a little like he can't wait to be done.

Just one more block, just one more block.

He finished!

Sam's friend Steve talked him into training and running a marathon. He got a couple of sprained ankles while snow hiking about 6 weeks ago, so his training was cut a little short. He ran anyway, and felt pretty good the first 16 miles, but was in a world of pain the last 8 or so. He finished at 4:27:33 and is already planning on running another when he heals, both from the sprained ankles and the soreness that comes with running 26.2 miles.

The slogan for this race was "pain you enjoy." Judging by the looks on the faces of the runners at the end, it sure didn't look like they were enjoying it...