Celebrating the 4th of July

started at 7 a.m. with the Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run which is a 9.3 mile run coming out of the canyon here in Hyrum. There were over 500 runners. It was a beautiful, downhill run! My sister Leslie drove all the way up to Cache Valley to run it with me...and on short notice! We run at such a similar pace that we stayed together throughout the entire run...which kept me motivated to not stop and walk. We were hoping to finish in 1 hour and 30 minutes and things were going good...we were running 9:00 minute miles for about the first 5 miles. But in the end, after climbing a stinkin' hill at mile 7, we ended up finishing in 1 hour and 37 minutes...which overall, averaged a 10:30 minute mile. Not bad considering that we were only in it to finish. I loved it and can't wait to run it next year!




We also celebrated by going to the Hyrum City Parade...






We ended our day with a yummy bbq and of course...FIREWORKS!!!