10k race

This weekend Troy and I ran a 10K together--and Teresa was along for the ride.  (Timothy was having fun at Grandma Judy's house.)  I thought it would be fun to do a 10k--not too hard, but hard enough to require a little training on my part.  The week before the race I had only managed to run about 4 miles, so I wondered if I could even make the extra 2.  I only recently took up running again.  But even with the North Dakota wind, I was able to finish without walking in just over an hour.

Troy not only had to run the 6 miles, but he had the extra effort of pushing Teresa.  She has not really been in the jogging stroller much so we could only hope she would do okay.  Troy did a short run with the stroller and a 50 lb bag of grout in it the day before the race.  (Teresa was sleeping when he went running.  That's why he chose to push grout instead of Teresa!)  That run made him a bit nervous for the extra effort the stroller requires.  (Thankfully Teresa weighs a good deal less than the bag of grout!)

Happily, Troy had a great race, and Teresa did too.  She enjoyed the ride and only nodded off near the end.  And the best part...Troy and Teresa won a bronze medal for Troy's age division!  (And we like to say that Teresa was first for her age division!  There was only one other baby in the race, but Teresa beat him.)

It was a great morning and we all had fun.  Hopefully next year we can run again.  Now I am just happy I don't have to run on a treadmill anymore!

The happy runners (& rider) after the race.

The proud medal winners!