I’ve spent my whole life loving and admiring the mountains, but always being a plane or long car ride away. It hurt to watch the Rocky Mountains disappear from my rearview mirror each time that I came home from Denver. The drive back into Kansas is long and monotonous, and more than anything, I wanted to live in the mountains. Not visit once in a while, but have a bit of ownership to them. I’ve talked about living somewhere in the Rocky’s since I was in the 4th grade and it always seemed like a dream that would never come true.
It has been a long long wait, but my dream finally became reality. On March 3rd, I am leaving Kansas to live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Suddenly, my running pictures are going to be a lot prettier.
This is so much more than a simple move for me. It is me, finally being in the place I’ve always wanted to live. It’s me, doing what I always said I was going to do. This means the world to me, in every way.
I’m glad to say that I won’t be running Colfax, because there is a marathon much closer. On May 20th, I’ll run the Ogden Marathon, less than an hour from Salt Lake. I loved Colfax, but I want to run my city! I want to run Salt Lake!
So, there you have it. No more uncertainty (except that I have no idea where I’m living, but we’ll get that under control), no more waiting for my big day. The dream finally came true.
Utah… Here I come!
She Runs the Wasatch 
I’m so happy for you Peewee. It’s your life long dream come true. It’s gonna be fantastic. ❤
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WOW!!!! So what prompted this move???? Paul and I want to visit Utah badly! In fact last night I almost signed up for a marathon there haha.
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We’ve been wanting to for a while, it just took some time for Frank to get a transfer.
You should totally go to Utah! You and Paul would be welcome to stay with us for any amount of time, although I am not sure what our living conditions will be like. What marathon are you looking at? I know the St. George Marathon is good, but it’s a good few hours from Salt Lake.
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I think it was the Utah Valley. They offered me a free entry… which would be nice if I had like 1200 for the rest of th ed trip!
I am so excited you are living the dream!! I didn’t realize the mountains were so big there…
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Congratulations!! Yay!! Happy for you that you get to live in your “happy place” and I bet you will just love living in SLC. I hope your housing gets figured out sooner rather than later! I know how stressful that can be.
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Yeah, housing out there is difficult. We booked an AirBnB for a few weeks though as we get it all sorted out.
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Congratulations! How very exciting!
I visited Oregon this summer and it was my first time spending time in the mountains. Multiple times I thought I could/should live here. But we have too many ties to Michigan, so I guess I’ll have to make do with the Great Lakes for now.
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I know what you mean. Frank and I have very small families, so it’s easy for us to break ties in places and create new ones. We’re hoping that our parents retire out there in a few years.
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Oooh, amazing! It’s so wonderful that you’re able to live the life that you’ve been wanting to have. Good luck to you on this upcoming move. I can’t wait to read about your new (mountain) adventures.
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Thanks! I can’t wait to get out there. March 3rd can’t come soon enough!
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Hopefully you are the good luck charm that will bring sun to this years Ogden Marathon. The last few years have been…interesting weather to say the least! It’s a beautiful run, you’re going to love it!!
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