Alpine Days is always a favorite, and this year was no exception. We continue to love Alpine for only charging $5 for a perfectly simple and fun morning race. This year they gave medals instead of trophies, which take up less space in my house so I am all about it!
It was Dad's first summer 5k. Mom is in Maryland so she wasn't able to see him speed through the finish line at 28:52! He may just have beat her - at least it would have been a close race. Can't wait to run more with Dad in the future. He told us, "These are the first tenny-runners I've bought in 11 years." I have a feeling his new shoes won't last that long. (We also missed Drew and Julie. But they are in England so we just don't really feel too bad!)
Jonny and I were pretty sore all week from the half marathon last Saturday. But we woke up ready for a good run. My quads were tight toward the end, but we made it under 25 minutes and placed 1st in women 25-29. (a new PR for a loop course with the kids.) Jonny ran his fastest time for this race and placed 2nd in his division. But it doesn't end there: Grandma placed 1st, Dad so close to 3rd, and Cami 3rd. We brought home the medals alright!
Then came the really fun part. Julia had been looking forward to her big race all week long. I don't know how many times we had to look at the calendar and count the days until Saturday after she begged and begged, "Me just want to run the race right now." She even jogged to the fire hydrant and back every day after my run. (She would always stop and stretch at the fire hydrant. Hilarious.) Well, the actual event exceeded her expectations. She loved the big crowd, wearing a race number, being cheered on by her running idol family members, the horn that set them off, even the cars lining the road. Being awarded a big lollipop and a "first place" blue ribbon (for all the kids, of course!) was elating. And she was quite the runner. It wasn't easy, but she ran around that entire block. This afternoon as we watched the race footage together, I said, "Julia, you are a runner!" You'd think that was the highest compliment she could have received. She couldn't stop smiling and saying, "Yeah, I runner! I runner!"
And to cap off a great morning, we all reconvened at Kneader's for some delicious french toast. We may just have to do that again next year.
There are so many pictures from this race, a slide show seems to way to go. And since it was Julia's first race, some videos were necessary. But first here are a few pictures to stand on their own:
2 comments:
That was a fun day. Julia was cute with her stretches.
That's so great that Julia was so excited and even ran the whole race. She was so intense! We miss not being able to run races with you guys, and wonder if Alena would have been motivated to run if Julia and a bunch of other kids were running too.
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