Crazy Horse Half-Marathon (October 4, 2008)

October 3-5, 2008, the Mulford-Hill clan traveled to Hill City, S.D., to run in the Crazy Horse Half Marathon. Jeff, Tammy, Jordan, Hannah, Emily, Amanda and Ryan journeyed from Orem, UT. We met Abby and James Boone (and Andrew) who came from Omaha, NE and Sarah Allred who came from Philadelphia, PA. Altogether we had two parents, seven children, one son-in-law, and one grandchild who made the 13.1 race.

This photo was taken 20 minutes before race time (6:40 am) in the Crazy Horse visitors center. Everyone was really excited!

Here are the girls: Abby, Amanda, Emily, Tammy, Sarah, and Hannah.

Here are the guys: Ryan, James, Jordan, and Jeff.

Emily and Sarah with Crazy Horse in the background.

Abby, James, and Andrew nearing the finish line. James was amazing pushing the stroller through gravel for at least 10 miles!

Jordan was the first to finish although he was not the fastest. Ryan was in first place until 100 yards from the finish he took a left with the marathoners and didn't notice for about 1.5 miles. He ended up running 16 miles. Jordan finished in about 1:50, a great time.

This was Hannah's first race. She trained diligently and improved from being able to run about .5 miles to the half marathon in just a little more than three months. Here she is finishing with Sarah giving moral support.

Here we are on the bus after the half-marathon, sporting our new medals. We devoured three family-sized pizzas afterwards.

Jordan strikes a contemplative pose during our visit to Mt. Rushmore.