26.2 Miles of Glory...

For those of you who don't know, I have a champ for a sister.

Actually all of my family members are champs, but Liza Anne just happens to have run a 26.2 MILE MARATHON on Saturday.

But wait!  She didn't just run 26.2 miles, oh no!  She ran 26.2 miles through the rain... and hail.  That's right, my friends, through the HAIL!  It hailed!  While she was running!


Okay, not that I've impressed upon you the weight of the words '26.2' and 'hail,' I'll get on with the rest of my story...

Not only did she do all that, but she smiled.  The. Whole. Time.

Click the pictures to see them bigger.  'Cause, I'll be honest, they're kinda hard to see.

You kinda can't see her because of the green guy, but she's smiling!

She was drop-dead gorgeous!  As she was running 26.2 miles!  I know because Dad, Ma, and I all drove/rode along the course and cheered her on at 8-ish different places.

Did she collapse near the finish?  Did she waver and fall along the course?  Did she curse the weather and ask "Why me?!"  If you answered yes to any of those questions, you obvilously don't know how much of a champ she is.  This is Liza sprinting to the finish:

And this is her I-just-ran-a-marathon-and-I-need-to-go-get-my-freakin-awesome-medal-but-I-guess-I'll-turn-around-to-say-hi-to-my-family-face:

Do you SEE that smile?!  She's beautiful!

Needless to say, I'm so proud of her!

She did milk the 'Hey! I just ran a marathon!" excuse for all it was worth, but--I mean--it was a valid excuse.  For everything.  Haha!  She's just great!

And after the marathon, she ran (figuratively) for the rest of the day until midnight because she just couldn't shirk her duties.  Aaaand she had to go to the BYU football game.

Yes, my friends, she's amazing. :)