Railroad Days Kids 1k

The boys ran in the Railroad Days Kids 1k today!  Zane came in 5th overall and Landon thinks he came in 3rd...I decided to let him believe he came in 3rd for the 4 year olds; he seemed to be ok with that!

Clearly we had to get up a little early for the run :)

Turkey Trot {2014}

The boys ran in the 1K Turkey Trot yesterday - it was so nice having a run that we could walk to the starting line from our house!  It started at Zane's school.  After the run there was a free pancake breakfast for all of the participants - the boys loved that!  Great reward to a cold morning run!  Zane has asked to do the 5K for the next run that is here (which I think will be St. Patrick's Day dash) - here goes!  Guess I better get my buns in gear so I can run with him!  Wouldn't feel comfortable with him running a 5K without me close by.

Landon loved his shirt and has asked to where it again today -
I guess I better be quicker about doing laundry!

Best photo I could get of Zane coming to the finish line!

Right after the race - not even breathing heavy!  Granted it was only .5 miles, but still - he booked it!

Landon finishing up the race!

5 Miles

I ran my first 8K this past Saturday - the Cinco de Mayo run in Snoqualmie.  I didn't train for this like I should have, so I was very nervous.  The most I had ever run without stopping in my life was 3 miles...not a half a step more...3 miles was the limit.  Going into Saturday I was not sure how the heck I would be able to tack on 2 miles to my personal best and still be able to breathe and walk afterwards!  I guess what they say about running being 10% physical and 90% mental is right - because I did it!  I ran the entire 5 miles!  Did I want to stop?  Yes, many times!  Did I?  Nope!  I had a good friend from work (Belia) running with me and I don't think I could've done it without her!  She is an avid runner and knew just what to say to me and when - it was awesome!

Here we are after we conquered...

St. Patty's 1K

Very last minute I signed both boys up to run the St. Patty's 1K Kids Run up here on the Ridge this past Saturday.  Zane was so excited!  Landon, had no idea what he was doing, but too was very excited!  Due to it being a very last minute idea, they were out of kid size t-shirts, but Zane didn't care - he was fine wearing an adult large, even came up with the idea of how to make it fit (tie the back and stuff it in his pants)!  Landon would've been swimming in an adult large, so he just sported some green and seemed to be fine with that as well!

We got up Saturday morning and headed down the street to the start of the run.  Zane ran into a school friend right away, so was even more excited.  The two of them + Landon got right in front, they wanted to be the first off the starting line.  That plan was great until the kid behind Zane wanted to be first more than anyone else and plummeted Zane once the bull horn went off.  Zane fell to the ground and at least 4 other kids tripped and dog piled on top of him.  They were all crying.  Any adults around were pealing kids off of Zane one by one.  In the meantime, Landon was gone...kid took off when the horn blew and he was running withe crowd, I caught glimpse of him as he was turning the corner at the end of the road oy vey.  I got Zane up, dusted him off, checked for any blood or bumps on his poor little head that smacked the concrete and once we determined he was ok - he took off running to catch up to his friend and I ran to find Landon!  To say it was chaotic is a mass understatement, but in the end, we all had fun and the boys had a blast!  Zane can't wait to run the Cinco de Mayo run in a couple months - I think we'll stand more towards the back for that one!

Run Landon Run

Run Zane Run!

Landon finishing the race strong!

Zane and his buds from school (JD & Drew)!

Proof we all survived the chaos!

Mustache Dash 2013

When my friendLori invited me to run the 5K Mustache Dashe in Seattle yesterday with some of her friends it was a no brainer! I love 5K's and I love mustaches (just not on people)!

Thank God the weather held out for us...after the pouring rain the day before I was a bit nervous. We all had a lot of fun and are looking forward to more 5K's in our future!!

Oh and any run that ends with a beer garden is a good run to me!

RAD

I have participated in many 5K fun runs over the years, but I have never ran an entire one. I do them because they are fun and I always have high hopes that one day I will be able to run the 3.1 miles! My friend Brooke invited me to run the Color Me Rad fun run yesterday and as usual I agreed because I knew it would be fun! I decided to try and train for this one in hopes of running it all. I was gung-ho for the first couple weeks and then got so busy, running fell off the daily to-do list.

Yesterday was the anticipated run and as per the usual I was not ready. The most I have ever ran straight is 2.3 miles, the last time I had run was at least 3 weeks ago, Landon was up at least 4 times with a terrible cough the night before and add in that I drank way too much at our neighborhood BBQ the night before...the run was looking pretty bleak! Brooke showed up bright and early and off we went to Marymoore Park!!

Best run ever!! Loads of fun and I actually ran.the.entire.thing!!! I had many times I wanted to walk, but just kept telling myself to keep going (and for once I actually listened to myself)! The run was full of color...throughout they would throw colored powder (corn starch) at you and at times spray colored water at you!! We both had a lot of fun and can't wait to go back and do it again next year!!