I did the Woodstock Challenge again this year - this is my third year in a row! I usually do the 10k but decided to do the 5k this year since I am just starting to get back into shape since Ellie was born. I actually ran it with Ellie in the stroller and we both did great - I got second place in my age group (not a lot of competition haha) and I was the first person pushing a stroller to cross the finish line (so I got interviewed haha). I also signed Dylan up for the Family Run! This was the first year they did it and it was a great idea! He did the half mile and my Mom and I ran along with him...it was hilarious! He was so sweaty and tired and distracted by everything it was so cute. He even picked a flower in the middle of the race haha! It was fun though & Dylan and I got to swim in the pool after the race!
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We did the Human Race again this year and had a great turn out! We had 25 people on our Dierzen Dinos team with people from school & their families. We wore the same Batman shirts from last year and made a few more too! It was Elliott's first race ever and she did a great job - she slept the whole time! Dylan got pulled in the wagon by all the boys - he had so much fun he wanted to "do it again" right after he finished! Shelly got 3rd in her again group (repeat from last year) so she got a medal!! Drew and Dylan had their picture taken by the Northwest Herald and were in the paper!
Shelly, Ryan and I decided that we really wanted to do a 5k in Santa suits this year and we found one in Crystal Lake! The Santa suites were hilarious - and my baby bump kept popping out! We went very slow and walked probably about a mile of the race but we had a lot of fun!
This was our third year in a row doing a Turkey Trot in McHenry on Thanksgiving morning! We love it and want to make it a yearly tradition for sure! It was a little bit slower for us this year but still a lot of fun! (Drew and Dylan actually did it this year - last year it was so cold that they had to wait in the car!)
Brock's family plans an awesome run in Emden every August to raise money for ALS that we love being a part of! This year we invited the Kundes to come with us and Sammi came too!! It was really hot (not as hot as last year). I got 2nd place in my age group & Jenie ran the race super pregnant and kicked butt!! Woot Woot!
Laura and I signed up for the Human Race and invited all of our students to do it with us - each of us actually had a few families come which was great! We ended up raising over $400 for Turning Point! We also made some super cool Batman shirts to wear! My Mom and I both got 2nd place in our age groups & Shelly got 3rd place in her age group! We rocked it!
On February 7th we had a crazy race back in Lake Geneva and it was ridiculous! It was a small trail race but there was SO much snow on the ground that it was hard to walk it, let alone run! My time was HORRIBLE but I ended up being the 3rd girl overall and first place in my age group! Amy also won her age group! Shelly & Ryan were supposed to run it with us but they ended up getting really lost and couldn't make it. We all spent a little time in Lake Geneva looking at ice sculptures and going out to brunch after the race! Our fans were awesome!
The family did this race last year as well, so it was fun to do the same one again! This time we got EVERYONE involved! We even made the most adorable turkey shirts so we would all match. A lot of people loved them and we would yell "turkey power" every time we saw each other on the road! We really like doing this race since a lot of the money raised goes to Hospice in McHenry County <--they are amazing!!
Thanksgiving was FREEEEEZING! Luckily they changed check-in to be in the high school so everyone didn't have to stand outside (that would've sucked). Drew was planning on pushing Dylan in the stroller for the race - Dyl even had his own bib and everything - but it was miserably cold and Dylan was sobbing so they took a nap in the super warm van while we ran :) We had me, Genna & Steve (and his sister), Shelly & Ryan, Mom & Dad (he did great, he even jogged a little but his chip didn't work). Sammi was super sick so she couldn't come :( I had an awesome race!! I felt great! Genna & I ran together for almost the whole race. I didn't think there was ANY chance that I would place in my age group since there are SO many people that run the race, but I got second place! I actually really like this race because it is super boring, you run 1.55 miles and then turn around and run back - BUT I love seeing all the people that are ahead of me come back around! The girl that beat me in my age group beat me by only one second!! (It was chip timed so obviously she started way in front of me otherwise I would've beat her haha!) Results below:
I love this race!! It is at Woodstock North High School (so close to home) and my school always creates a team to participate in it! This year Dylan joined us - Laura was nice enough to walk the whole race with him in the stroller so I could still run! I ran the whole race with Amy and we kicked major butt! We went super fast & both placed in our age groups - I never thought that would be possible since there are SO many people that run/walk the race! Maybe it was because we were running where we run all the time - who knows?!
Jenie & Brock also came and ran the race with us :) Results:
The night before my birthday we went down to the city to do the Run for Gus. Bridget put together a team "Gannon's Groupies" to honor her brother and help raise money for Lurie Children's Hospital. Uncle Donny, Dylan, Shelly, Genna and I all drove down to the city and we barely made it in time for the race, traffic was soo bad! It took us over 3 hours to get there, Gr. Anyway, once we were there we did the race and then went out for drinks and fun! :) They had an awesome after party at the Nature Museum that let you have UN-limited drinks...this is definitely a race we have to do again next year!
During the race I just tried to keep up with Genna & Shelly, they were going waaay too fast for me. I was really proud that I stayed with them the whole time! :) Results: * 24:49 was my total time which made 9:00 min/miles. |
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