For the past three years my daughters and I have volunteered to help at the St George Marathon. It has been SUCH a wonderful experience filled with unbelievable stories of perseverance, dedication, and everyone has their own reasons for running 26 miles! This years marathon was no exception..My daughters Lindsay and Alley and I met "Sam" (my CNA instructor) in St George around 5am the morning of the marathon..after carpooling 15 minutes towards Veyo we stopped at mile marker 13 of the marathon route..the station we do each year. The excitement in the air was so contagious as we felt bus after bus WIZ by us in the darkness of the morning hours. After setting up our station with a few tables, canopy, chairs, oxygen, lots of icy hot and bengay for sore muscles..blister stickers ready..Vaseline on tongue depressors and so much more we had maybe 30 mins before the first runner could be seen coming up the road with a police escort...as he passed everyone cheered, whistled and clapped, encouraging him on! It was SO fun to see the excitement in my girls faces..as more and more runners started to whiz by we found ourselves SO busy that we forgot about food, pain of kneeling on asphault, the heat of the day..ALL that seemed to not matter..serving others who had worked so hard to accomplish this marathon was a complete joy for us! This year really went by fast..after the last runner passed we cleaned up our station and all went to ChuckaRama for lunch to celebrate another successful yr of helping someone in need! :)
