A couple of years ago one of my family's friends Rich Lloyd found out he had terminal brain cancer. Before he passed away his family started the "Live Rich Team," to promote living our lives as richly as he had. I may not actually have ever met Rich, but I ran in his honor this weekend and wore my Live Rich t-shirt proudly. And the rest of the weekend, I lived richly.
It all started with one of my best friends Cate who picked me up at the airport and took me to play volleyball and then to a sleepover at her house.
We had some very fun company for the sleepover (I got to sleep in a bed and not a cage).
Then Friday we drove around, did some shopping, and saw some great scenery that I've been missing for the past three years.
And then ate my favorite salad ever - berries, candied nuts, and poppy seed dressing. Yum!
After hanging out all day, Cate dropped me off to go meet up with my family for a Live Rich picnic and carb-loading. Grandma and Grandpa came down to cheer us (or in Grandpa's case - make fun of me) on during the race.
Saturday was finally race time. There's something special about wearing matching shirts. I draw the line at tutus, but the matching shirts was kind of fun. Somehow my dad didn't make it into any of my pictures, but he was living richly as well.
And we finished the race looking almost as happy.
If you are looking for good after-race treats, you should definitely run Salt Lake. They had creamsicles, cold apples and bananas, fresh rolls and cookies, and chocolate milk. Add that all to a downhill race and cheap pedicures, and it was definitely one to remember.
We finished the weekend off with a BYU volleyball game, some light shopping, seeing some great friends, and just hanging out as a family. I came home with two new t-shirts, a great bathing suit, altitude sickness, and a determination to start living my life more richly than before. So far I'm failing miserably but it's an every day thing right? And something we can do together :) At least for this weekend, try it out - live rich.
4 comments:
What a fun trip Britni! Such a good message too!
Yeah for Utah! So many good times! I'm so glad you had another weekend to remember. Glad we finally got ahold of each other too!
oh my gosh- small world again... I don't know why I didn't notice that you were wearing the "Live Rich" t-shirt but Rich married my close cousin... so we grew up with him. So fun to read your post! and so fun to see you:) miss ya already
Congratulations on the marathon! I love the shirts and the idea behind them.
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