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!
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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:
We were down in Bloomington for Jami's high school graduation and I found a really random 5k to do! It was a small race at a church in Bloomington - they were also having a huge festival that day after the race. The people were super nice and the race was fun and different, most of it was on a bike path and then the last half mile was through a new prayer trail in the backyard of the church. I actually was able to get 2nd place in my age group (small race haha) and then Dylan, Drew and I got a free pancake breakfast in the church after! :)
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