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!
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The Rudolph Ramble was awesome. Sammi and I slept over at Shelly's apartment in the city the night before (and went out to a party at Bridget's) so we were super tired! Luckily Shelly gave us a ride to the race (it was right by Lincoln Park Zoo). Jenie, Brock and Eric met us at the race. Sammi was our lovely photographer/holder of all of our stuff :) It was really cute, they handed out antlers for everyone to wear during the race (so of course I had to) and Santa was there to take pictures with. It was all for a good cause: Lurie Children's Hospital. They had the cutest "reindeer dash" after the race that the kids all did, I can't wait for Dylan to do that!
I had never done an 8k before, but I loved the distance (it is just under 5 miles). It was my first race running with Eric and I reaaaaally wanted to beat him - and I did (barely). I'm sure it helped that he doesn't really run outside ever, but oh well :) It was a super fast race but I was really happy with how it went. Here were my stats:
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:
Jenie & I always wanted to do a half marathon together so we signed up for this one last winter! It was a huge race & we were super excited! I stayed in a hotel with her and Brock the night before!
I was trying really hard to get as close to 2:00:00 as possible. I knew that I probably wouldn't be able to do it, but I wanted to see how long I could keep my pace. I was doing really well until about mile 9 when I saw Genna & Mom cheering for me, I was SO tired! Around mile 10 I saw Drew, Peg, Don & Dylan which gave me some more motivation, but I crashed after that and had to slow way down. After going slower for miles 10 and 11 I sped up and finished strong. I was exhausted after the race, I could hardly walk for a few minutes! It was a lot of fun though, it was great to see how hard I could actually push myself - all of my training paid off!! Results:
Jenie & Brock came to Woodstock to do the Woodstock Challenge - we signed up for the 10k instead of the 5k!
It was my first 10k and I was super excited! I did okay (the last hill was a killer) & Jenie did awesome, she got a medal! :) We got to play in the pool after the race and Dylan had a lot of fun! Results:
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