Running...For Fun?

Many of you know that Chad has taken up running half marathons this year. If not, you can read about his hobby here.

Well, somehow I thought it would be fun if the girls and I ran a race too. We found a race in Long Beach and Chad signed up for another half marathon. Emily and I signed up to run the 5K and we registered Megan and Abbey for the Kids One Mile Fun Run.

We went up to Long Beach on Saturday so we could pick up our running packets at the Health and Fitness Expo. We also decided that spending the night in Long Beach made more sense than driving up so early in the morning. We brought my mom and Em's best friend with us. Mom helped get the girls to their race on time and Emily's friend was an excellent cheer leader.


The morning of the race was COLD. Abbey did not appreciate having to get up early in order to freeze...

Chad ended up running his personal best time:

Finish Time: 1:43:22
Pace: 7:54
Overall: 477 of 7410
Men: 389 of 2997
M35-39: 79 of 495




And Emily...who knew she was such a runner?

5K
Finish Time: 28:41
Pace 9:14
Overall: 358 of 1565
Women: 119 of 980
F 1-15: 14 of 54

Wow Em! I am SO proud of you!

Megan and Abbey did really well too! They didn't get official times but they both said that they had fun and that a mile was a lot shorter than they thought!



I didn't do as well as I'd hoped, but the girls helped me run the home stretch.

We are already looking forward to doing this again. Abbey even told me she wants to do the 5K next time!