Race Day!

Today was the day! We got up early and headed over to the race. The race started at 8, which really isn't too early, but I think Edgar was up by 5 or 5:30-habit for him I suppose....I was up by 6:15, got ready, got a bottle for Eli and we headed out the door.

I had a few goals for the race today...

1) To finish without walking

2) To finish in under 40 minutes

3) If I did finish in under 40 to run at a 12 minute mile pace.

The race started right on time, and the first mile felt GREAT. The second mile seemed to take FOREVER, and the last mile had a decent hill in it-though the route was generally a bit hilly-not big hills, but a few rolling hills. The hills weren't too bad, and since I had trained on a few hills it didn't kill me to run them.

Here I am waving to Ryan, Ben & Carly-they were waiting at the last turn. Jennifer (who took this shot) was quite a ways away, but still got a good picture :)

Awww...my brother's excited for me :) Honestly, it was VERY encouraging to see them there-gave me the push to kick up the speed a bit on the last stretch.

And we're finished (stupid guy got in Jennifer's way...okay...so he's not stupid, but he IS in the way)

As you can see I did finish in under 40 minutes :) In fact my actual time was 34 min 55 sec.-which puts me at 11:16 mile. Oh, and I did run every step too :) So the race went REALLY good. Edgar pushed Eli the whole time and we stayed together. It was pretty fun running as a family. Edgar tried to be entertaining by singing some songs during the race, but I quickly punched him...(not too hard...) For some reason his singing just doesn't motivate me... :)

As I walked away from the finish line I felt a bit sick...This was about the only greeting I could give Jennifer...I quickly recovered.

'Umm...What's all the fuss about? I've just been chillin' in here'

The happy runnin' family. Someday Eli will be the one running, and we'll be the one he's pushing...

Afterwards we all went to IHOP with Ryan, Jennifer & the kids. Nothing like pancakes after a race! We had some errands to run, then we came home. Eli fell asleep while eating his lunch-literally-so he got a nap from 12-2. I decorated cookies for Katie's 3rd birthday party tomorrow (I'll post pictures of those later!) and Edgar mowed the lawn.

It's been a good day :) And, hey, I ran a race today, so I get to eat whatever I want, right?! YAY!