My husband, myself and two other couples braved the sawtooth relay this spring. I have to admit, I am always looking for a race to compete in, but school has interfered with much of my training, well I managed to get my husband involved in running, now all I have to do is get him to do a triathlon. Anyway, I will include a picture of our team. We had a great time training, and formed some great friendships. Tom and Janet were our oldest team members, also our ringers, they run competitively all the time, he is 60 and she is 50, then there is my husband and I. He ran his first race this spring in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure with me. He ran a 9 minute mile. I am so proud of him, that was our starter for the sawtooth. I have been competing (rather crossing the finish line in whatever time I can) since I was 41. Used to be a sprinter on the track team in high school, hurdles, and the like, but never did any cross country. Been running for exercise since I was a teen. My husband and I run about 8.5 to 9 minute miles when we race, but in training 10-11 minute miles. Anyway, the last two team members I recruited from BSU, one of my fellow classmates, Becca and her husband Phil, they both run for exercise as well. We had a blast ran into many friends that we all knew from different areas of our lives and just rooted for everyone. The scenery was beautiful, once the sun came up, Phil and I were the first two runners, he at 4:15 am and me forty minutes later, so we were running in the pitch black. That was our first leg anyway. Fun as had by all. Here is a pic of us running across the finish line. "Because We Can" is our team name.
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