t with great attitudes. We together decided that we were going to walk it and just enjoy participating and stick together. We did walk a majority of it, but we pushed each other and we ran at least part of every kilometer and every downhill section. And we even made our goal which was to finish J and to try to finish in 2 hours! And what was our time…exactly 2:00! Wow! It was so much fun, and being a blonde in this lovely country, I, of course, received quite a bit of encouragement from both people watching on the sidelines and other participants. It 
is awesome how encouraging everyone is in a race and it makes you want to keep going and give it everything you’ve got. We started in the way south of Quito, went through the historical downtown, and ended up in Athaulpa Olympic Stadium – running half a lap inside with the stadium packed with people. About 15,000 officially ran the race, and then with others as well, the newspapers said 20,000 people participated! I would highly recommend doing a race like this sometime in your life…such an amazing and positive high! After the race we decided to walk about 3 more miles (yikes!) to the Mariscal bar district to meet up with our German friends for the Germany-Australia game. Another very fun experience! These Germans are crazy for their soccer! They all had flags and painted their faces and were crazy about their cheers. I couldn’t help but get really into it with them. Deutchland…Deutchland…Deutchland! After the game we also had a cook out at the house, so it was an overall exhausting but wonderful Sunday!
I do have World Cup fever! Extremely disappointed by the RIDICULOUS call against the US on Friday, but it’s okay, we just need to win Wednesday! USA! USA! Any time I have I am catching parts of the games and even during class sometimes. It’s so cool how all the world gets into it.
Happy Father’s Day Dad and Grandpa Jay! Love you guys and miss you!
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