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 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:
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:
Amy & I really wanted to do a trail race together before the year ended, so we signed up for this random race that we found online. It was called the Clear Water Outdoor Turkey Trot at Big Foot Beach State Park, WI. There were two options, 5k or 10k so obviously we signed up for the 10k because we are nuts! We had a huge work party the night before so we were struggling to say the least :)
We got to watch the 5k before we ran (there was a crazy dude who ran without shoes). It was a fun race, we ran nice and easy and talked the whole way. It was super snowy and icy, REALLY hard for me with my shoes. I realized that those shoes are NOT ideal for running in wet conditions OR on the trails. It was SO cold! We had to strip about halfway through because we were hot hot hot & the food afterwards was amazing! So many choices! :) Results:
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:
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. When I found the Patriot 5k I knew we had to do it! Drew, Laura and Dylan walked the one mile race and I ran the 5k. It was right around MCC - it was cool - I didn't realize that there was a trail back behind the college. It was super foggy but a lot of fun! We took a lot of fun pictures and of course Dylan wore his American onesie! :)
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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:
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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