Run Chikin Run

I have no excuse as to why I have waited almost 2 weeks to post about our race. It is not like our photographer didn't send us the pictures 2 days after the race. It may be because Joe beat me this time and I didn't want to admit it! ; ) Last weekend, Joe and I ran our 10K in preparation for our half marathon. It was sponsored by Chick-Fil-A, hence the name. The course followed along the greenway and went all thru the Battlefield. That was my favorite part. (I love history, especially the Civil War.) Least favorite part, dude that decided that 2 feet off the pathway was a great place to relieve himself. Seriously dude, I have to go too, but I waited until there was an actual bathroom.


I CANNOT figure out how to put pictures in order when I upload them, so we will start at the end. : )


Here we are right after the race replinishing ourselves with water, smoothies, and cookies.
Here we are at the start of the race, feeling great, looking great, and posing with the cow.

And here we have an awesome action shot of me right before I crossed the finish line! I would like to say that there was a bug that flew in my mouth, I had a stitch in my side, or sweat was running into my eyes. Truth is, I probably just look this goofy running!

My mom came down to watch us and to take pictures. She beat us there and she lives an hour away! Many thanks to her for coming and cheering us on and watching us sandwiched in between 586 other runners that she doesn't know, cross the finish line. It meant SO much to have someone there at the finish line cheering us on! She didn't get a picture of Joe crossing, because he was wearing a white shirt like 400 other runners and she didn't see him. He started pulling ahead the last mile and a half. I just didn't have it in me. As we came around the last corner, I saw people running around the lake crossing under the finish line. We both (and also a lot of other people) thought that the finish line would be right where we started, but we had to go around the lake to finish. Joe said he poured it on and then he got around the corner and about cried. He said he was so bummed when he didn't see the finish line where he thought it would be. Our official results:

Joe: 29 out of 39 in age group

347 out of 588

chip time: 1:02:59

pace: 10:04

Lisa: 32 out of 52 in age group

365 out of 588

chip time: 1:03:50

pace: 10:17

Not too bad. Just hoping we can actually run the entire race in a few weeks!

Many thanks to our nieces who babysit the younguns'. Couldn't have done it without you all!