Good luck, Pete!

Our good friend Pete Malen will be running the Top of Utah marathon this coming weekend. We feel very sad not to be at the 13 mile point and the finish line to encourage and congratulate him. This is a big deal for him - his first complete marathon despite a lifetime of running.

Pete and Annette have been very kind to us. They invited us to run the Wasatchback Relay with them even though we are both much slower than each of them. Running with them became something to look forward to each summer while living in SLC. We trained to avoid embarrassment and got to enjoy 24 hours of their undivided attention.

The friendship we were able to create with their family in the short time we spent in Holladay was one of our most treasured. Their oldest son Carson was a particularly good friend to Mason. Every city needs a good sushi couple - and they were ours in SLC. We miss them a great deal from around the world and will be silently cheering them on this week. Run hard, Pete, run hard.