This weekend Clay signed me up for the 5K Tiger Trot. With the "Wall of Fame" as proof positive, I am the family 5K champion, admittedly beating both Joe and Joshua made me somewhat smug. I suspected when Clay invited me to race that my days as family champ were nearing an end. I was right. Clay ran a GREAT race - he's in good shape and trained hard. He came in just over 5 minutes ahead of me with a time of 26:40. We ran the race with about a dozen guys from the USMC Poolie Program and three of the recruiters. I was the only parent in the running. When it was time for the awards, the Poolies swept the 10 - 19 age bracket taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd. When the awards for 20 -29 were handed out they took one more. We all thought we were done with the oorahs until they read 3rd place for women 40 - 49 and I realized that I had beaten her time, I also beat the 2nd place finisher in that category making me #1 ... and softening the blow of being the 2nd fastest Ward-Anderson.
Last week there was the Muddy Buddy where pal Jason and I biked, ran, conquered obstacles and then crawled on our bellies through a MUD PIT (totally random fun times!) ... we spent the night before camping near Richmond VA with friends of Kristi Stone who manages (and takes exceptional care of) the Baltimore house.
6 comments:
Congratulations on #1!!! Looks like lots of fun running. Congrats to Clay too for being the top runner in the family!
You can't beat a good race. Looks like you had lots of fun! Congrats on your finish. :)
I am totally amazed at both Clay and Debby--I admire your determination to keep your bodies in shape.
LOL... I love the muddy buddy pictures... now that's my kind of a race!
How'd you get Clay to stand still for the Camera? He's towering above everyone in the group shot, why do they have to grow up so fast!?!
Oops! This is Charlie... I just posted as mom above. I forgot to log her off before I started commenting!
D'oh!
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