RUN FOREST RUN !!!!!!!

Miles signed up for the St. George runners series this year which means if you complete 2 of 7 schedules races then you can run in the St. George marathon in October.   March 14th was the Spectrum 10K which we decided to run together.  I gave my first talk as a High Councilman the following Sunday and asked how many knew what a runner's high was?  Told them I had no clue yet what that was but that I did know somewhere around mile 5 I couldn't feel my legs anymore, my buttocks had a cramp the size of a subway sandwich and I knew my heart wasn't even  in sinus rhythm anymore.   I told them I'd never heard the term 'Speakers High' before in the church but that I did know what that felt like and that the two previous youth speakers were now sitting comfortably back in the congregation with their families experiencing just that and I couldn't wait for my turn.  The race started in Snow Canyon and ran past Tuachan and ended at the Ivins city park.  Spectacular scenery but hard to enjoy it when your running and realized that you should have at least attempted to go Number 2 in the portaloo when they announced the race would start in 10 minutes but were afraid to try for fear you'd get stuck part way and only be able to muster number 1.5  and risk prairie doggin' for 6.2 miles.   Probably the reason for the buttock cramp at mile 5 now that I think about it harder.   558 runners participated this year and we were all huddled together like a bunch of sardines at the start blowing in our hands to keep warm wishing the sun would peek over the horizon and begin raising our core temperatures.   Sure didn't have to worry about that by the end since I was sweating profusely enough to skip the aid stations where they pass out cups of gatorade and instead just lick my forearm every 30 seconds for some all natural electrolyte replacement I like to call bodyade.  JK, like I would actually do that, come on guys, that's just sick.  But ya gotta admit it probably is pretty powerful stuff since everyones had the chance to experience that drop of sweat that begins on your forehead and makes it through the front line of the eyebrow and manages to sneek its way into your eyeball and procedes to give you a corneal ulcer as you squint hard enough to  touch your cheek and forehead together on that side in an attempt to ease the pain.  Miles finished 36 overall with a time of 42:31 and I crossed the finish line @ 46:51 to finish 82nd.  Should've stretched a whole lot more afterwards however since the following day was a whole new experience in walking and I couldn't keep my legs from going into spasms as I delivered my remarks.