Morning in Park City

Jay woke me up just before 4:30am. I took my thyroid pill, brushed my teeth and got dressed. John came by at 4:35am to drive us to Park City. Jay was running his 3rd half-marathon. We got there about 5:00am and after Jay picked up his race packet, we headed back to the Newpark Hotel and waited. The starting line was outside the hotel. While we waiting, we saw an old neighbor from the Valley View 3rd ward. Diane was there with two of her running friends, one who was running her 100th marathon. Diane has run over 70 marathons herself. Before long we found Tina, one of Jay’s classmates from Minico. We all missed Stacy, who has run the previous two half-marathons with Jay and Tina. It was good to see Tina’s mom again. She is Tina’s biggest race fan.

After Tina and Jay took off, the three of us watched the second wave of runners start and then I realized we needed to catch Jay and Tina leave Newpark for the road. John yelled out Jay’s name and I saw the back of him as he flashed thru the park. We both caught Tina, but when I took the picture, another runner came between the camera and Tina.

John and I left Newpark grounds and walked to McDonalds, where we had breakfast. I enjoyed my August hot chocolate while he ate his burrito and hash brown. Then we headed back to the starting/finish line at the Newpark Hotel. While we waited I got on Facebook and John slept in the lobby. At 8:30am, I went to the finish line. I called John to remind him that it was time. He was still napping when Jay rolled in at 8:45am. But he was there to see Tina come in, less than an hour later.




We took a few pictures, and then we left. Tina and her mom were heading back to a Salt Lake City and we were headed back to McDonald’s (before heading back to a hot Salt Lake). Jay needed his breakfast.