"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley


"None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us."

--Sheri L. Dew

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Grant the amazing!


Grant ran a 1/2 marathon yesterday, 13.1 miles. He trained for this same race last fall but he got sent away for work the exact weekend of the race so he never competed. So, this year he trained AGAIN and competed! He finished in 1:37:26. He finished 16th overall, 2nd in his age group and 12th for the men. Not too bad for an amateur!! He works hard and has a lot of determination. He is awesome!!

I forgot my camera but luckily there were some friends from the ward there who recognized him and snapped these pictures for us. He was running so fast that the 2nd picture is blurry! His average pace for the race was 7:26 miles! The first place guy had an average of 5 1/2 minute miles!! He was flying! (I couldn't run 1 mile that fast let alone 13!!)






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Heather said...

Awesome! Wow, the 1st place guy was super fast, but Grant still did great too. I can't even run a mile as fast as his average. =) Congrats to Grant!!

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