OKC Memorial Marathon

This past weekend we headed to AR to meet Taylor's family for the OKC Memorial Marathon. It was such a fun weekend! We had a lot of car time, but that just means we get to spend time talking :) Due to some issues with Taylor's car and my car not getting the best gas mileage, we have starting renting cars for long trips back home. I get to use the University's rental car account as an employee so we get an incredible deal (especially for being under 25)!

This past weekend we ended up with a Toyota Yaris. It was very simply and basic, but perfect for the two of us traveling. We kept track of our mpg for the whole trip and we ended up getting 40 mpg! It was awesome and confirmed to us that renting cars for trips back home really is a great deal. We don't put any wear and tear on our own cars and since the rentals are always brand new (typically they will be current year models with less than 1000 miles) we get incredible gas mileage and end up spending what we would in gas just to take my car! After gas and the rental fee, I think we paid $3 more than we would have in gas alone to take my car. And that doesn't even include the cost of wear and tear, which we have learned is very important to factor in!

 

 Ready to be in AR!

We passed the Tornado Hunt team from The Weather Channel on our way to AR!

We headed to AR about noon on Friday and arrived around 8:30pm. We were very hungry by the time we got to Taylor's parents house and lucky for us, they had Whole Hog BBQ waiting!

After dinner we stayed up talking for a little bit and then went to bed! Saturday morning we had a great breakfast and then headed to OKC. Saturday was a pretty relaxed day. We picked up our packets at the convention center, stopped by the new outlet mall in OKC, and then went to eat dinner at Victoria's Pasta Shop. Taylor and I love Victoria's. I had not been there since college so we were both very excited to eat there! After dinner we headed to the hotel and watched the first half of the Thunder game before falling asleep.

 

Can you tell Taylor was excited to be running? :)

4:45am came very early on Sunday for race day! We made our way to the starting line to drop off my brother in-law and father in-law since they were doing the first parts of our relays teams. After they started we spent the rest of the race driving around to cheer each other on and then switching racers at each relay exchange. It was a lot of fun! After the race we went to Mama Rojas to eat (where I ate entirely too much) and then headed back to AR. Once we got back, Taylor, his dad, and brother went to play golf. I'm not sure how they did that! I was tired and had not run nearly as much as them earlier that morning. The girls all stayed at the house enjoying pie and relaxing watching some shows, which was much more fun in my opinion!

It's always so moving to see the Firefighters during the races!

I took off Monday and we had planned on playing golf before we headed back to CU, but sadly it was pouring when we woke up :( Taylor was pretty sad but I promised him we would play golf this week sometime. And it didn't make him feel any better than when we headed back home it was clear blue skies and the perfect temperature! Ha. So instead we spent the morning doing nothing and then went eat lunch before heading out. We got back home about 9:00pm that night and I went straight to bed. I'm the type of person who likes to wait and unpack the next day but Taylor is not. Ha. I was pretty much asleep and he was still unpacking :) Hope you all had a great weekend!