Race Report

Brenden and I ran a 5K this morning. It was my 3rd race ever and Brenden's first. Let me tell ya, Brenden is awesome. And I think he's hooked on racing! Brenden placed 62nd out of about 220 people in the race. He finished in 29:54 and was running a mile at a 9:37 pace. Freaking awesome! I'm so, so, so proud of him! Then there's me. I did well, not as good as Brenden but give a girl a break. He's younger, faster and much, much skinnier LOL! So I finished 114th and my time was 44:18 and my pace was 14:13 per mile. I had to stop twice to tie my shoe and I could've finished about a minute quicker if I hadn't had to do that :) Anyway, I am proud of myself too because my goal today was to finish this year better than last years time and I did because last year it was 47:26 and I finished 146th out of 216. It was a really great race day and now I need a nap. And here's some pictures from today to share with everyone

He pushed himself really hard at the end and had to lay down to avoid throwing up! I told him not to sprint that last block because this would happen but the people cheering really get you excited it's so hard not to sprint.

This was after we were done.

Another 5K coming up!

I'll be running the Strides for Mental Health 5K in downtown Lancastesr, Ohio on Saturday April 30th. Brenden will be running it with me. After seeing me run it last year, both boys decided they wanted to start running with. However, only one can keep up. That's not entirely true, Brenden is faster than me! Spencer can't quite keep up, but he's 7. Brenden has been playing football for years and is 11 and he's just faster....all there is to it. He's hoping to finish in a good enough place to get a medal. I think it's the top 3 in his age group. His age group is 14 and under which could be sucky if there's a lot of kids older than him in the race. But with football on his side, he just very well may beat those other kids. I certainly hope so. I know I won't be getting any medals. My goal this year is to beat my time from last year. Last year this was the very first race I'd ever run and was proud of myself for finishing, but not proud of how undertrained I was. So this year I feel better prepared and I know how to stretch better too! Wish us luck!

Ballet pictures

The boys get their time to shine here on my blog during football and basketball season. Today is Cassidy's turn. Parents don't get to sit and watch at ballet class every week, instead there are 2 times a year that she has parent observation week. Today was one of those days. And the recital will be in the end of May. So here are some pictures of our prima ballerina. She is really good and listens so well. She knows the routine without needing any help from the teacher. The purple outfit is the costume for the recital. Miss Susan had the girls try them on and run through the routine once in them. Then they changed back into their other dance outfits they came in today.