Saturday, October 03, 2009

Colorama 2009




Today I ran my first race without my stud-of-a-runner hubby. My friend Alyssa and I ran the Colorama 5K Trail Run at Lapham Peak State Park in Delafield. It was a really fun run and would have been much more fun had I trained more... especially for the hills. I was not ready for just how many hills there were. Alyssa finished in 28 minutes (awesome time) and I came in at 35 minutes (not so great) but I didn't throw up!!! I was so proud. It was so much fun for me that Matt brought the kids to cheer me on. I think it was a little hard for him to not be the one running. Although, eventually he did get to run. After the 5K they had a Smokie-Bear Fun Run and he and Lilly did that together. She was so excited about it, she even got a T-shirt. She kept asking when her race was. By the time it came though, I think she was a little tired from all her practicing. Half way through she said "I'm a tired now daddy. Can you carry me for a little bit".  By the time she hit the finish line she had a big smile on her face. I think she'll be a runner just like her daddy.




 



Lilly and Daddy at the beginning of the race


Lilly finishing the race


Dave (Alyssa's husband) and Luke about to take off



Dave, Luke, Matt and Lilly




Alyssa, Eva and me after the fun-run.


2 comments:

melissa said...

Way to go Gretchen! Looks like you had fun - and what a bonus that you didn't even throw up:)

Buntrock said...

Yeah Gretchy Wetchy!

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