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!
This was my first virtual race! Amy and I signed up because DUH it's a shark run! We had to run 5 miles - it was soooo hot so we took our time! :) We enjoyed some slip and slide and beers after! :)
I love doing the Woodstock Challenge! I got first place in my age group for the 10k woot woot! The Mock family all ran the 5k together and the kids did great! We loved going to the pool party after it was over - Dylan liked playing in the water!!
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!
Holy cow this was a hard race!! Super hilly! I got first in my age group & Mom got second in her age group! (Josh got second in the whole race....whoa!!) Dylan also puked all over us when we were trying to take a family picture haha!
I finally reached my goal of running a half marathon in under 2 hours! I crushed it and got 1 hour 53 minutes. I felt amazing the whole race!! What a fun experience!!
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