About 2-3 months ago Patrick came up with the idea of running in the Cleveland 1/2 marathon in May. I agreed but thought that it would come to pass. Well about a month ago he was still talking about it and we decided that we needed to start training. Well, the run was this morning and I have to say that we really had a good time. The run took place up in Cleveland along the lake. It turned out to be a great run. Our goal was to run it in 2 hours and we finished in 1 hour 59 minutes and 4 seconds. (That was a close one!) We had a babysitter come over at 5:30 this morning and we headed out for the run that started at 7:00 am. When we got home we had the babysitter take a family picture. We didn't get any pictures at the run because we didn't want to carry the camera the whole time. So, here is our family picture after 13.1 miles!
The kids were very excited that we got medals. Jordan and Isaac both have been wearing them all morning. (And when Isaac puts his down Sydney runs over and chews on it for a little bit!) So, here is Jordan showing off with a medal around her neck.
And Isaac with his medal.
And I even managed to catch one of Sydney putting it on and taking it off. Girls just know at such a young age how a necklace works. Kind of scary.
I figure these may be good pictures for a High School Sports Banquet some day!
The kids were very excited that we got medals. Jordan and Isaac both have been wearing them all morning. (And when Isaac puts his down Sydney runs over and chews on it for a little bit!) So, here is Jordan showing off with a medal around her neck.And Isaac with his medal.And I even managed to catch one of Sydney putting it on and taking it off. Girls just know at such a young age how a necklace works. Kind of scary. I figure these may be good pictures for a High School Sports Banquet some day!Well, I have to say, it wasn't as bad as I had expected and I look forward to the next one. (I think we are going to try to run the Akron 1/2 in September, but no promises!)
Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.
4 comments:
That's fantastic! Congrats to you both!!!!
Im so proud of you-look out Akron!
Congratulations Tara (and Patrick)! That's really inspiring, I bet you could do the full marathon come Akron event.
Well congrats to you both, that is quite an achivement. I am sure my grandkids help on the training, cause I know they keep you on your toes. Anyway you all have a great week. Julia sends her love as well as I.
Pape & Nana
Great job, Kris and April do the marathons sometimes and they love it. It has never really appealed to me but they say Im a great cheerleader. That really is awesome.
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