High five if you can name what movie the title line is from. I, like many others, do run for fun and I find it especially fun running in a race. Especially a cool race where you get to run through the countryside and they give everyone a shirt, socks and running hat instead of a useless medal that ends up collecting dust in a closet somewhere. So how lucky for me that I found a race that does just that!
A couple of weekends ago we headed up north for the Stomp the Grapes 1/2 marathon and despite the 30 degree weather we had a great time. I also felt surprisingly good during the race. I figured the freezing weather and the hilly course (Columbus having absolutely no hills to train on) would make it a long, slow run, but I was able to run it faster than the last half I ran in May! In the end I think it comes down to having a really good playlist on your iPod to listen to.
Ryan got these shots of me at the finish. He was the real hero of the day, chasing cold, whiny kids around so I could have some fun, competitive mommy time.
1:39:19 ended up being my final race time. It's funny Ryan caught it exactly in this picture. Another reason this race is cool: I finished first in my age group so they gave me a fleece blanket. Sure it's a deep purple color (not my favorite), but at least it's useful. The boys' favorite part of day was getting to ride the "b-bus" in the words of Tate. The starting line and finish line of the race were in different places so they shuttled the runners & spectators to and fro. Hence the opening picture of the boys enjoying their first ride on a real, live school bus. I remember school buses having walls that were more than a 1/4 inch thick, though. Budget cuts, I guess.
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