Category Archives: Running

A weekend at the Lake and a 25K.

It all started with a race my husband did last month.

It is called the Snake Run and my oldest said he did not want to run it this year.

It is a 3hr race that you try to get as many miles as you can in that time.

As soon as the race was getting ready to start my son changed his mind of course and wanted to run.

Too late.

We told him he could run the Lake McMurtry Trail Run if he wanted to though.

This was going to be a bit different though since Nick was running the 25K.

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He still said he wanted to do it so we headed over to Lake McMurtry on friday night to camp the night before the race.

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At first I thought camping was a bad idea.

We were only camping one night and that is a lot of work for that short of time.

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But if we had not camped, I would have missed this sunset on the lake.

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This sunset was worth all of the packing, prep, and dealing with wasps in the camper.

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Saturday morning dawned bright(maybe not so bright) and early with the Early 50K start at 7am.

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Then came the regular 50K start.

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25K start!

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They are off!

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Half way!

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My youngest and Maddie hanging out during the race.

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Final steps!

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They did it!

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Getting their medals for finishing.

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Before and after!

I asked my son if it was long and he said, “yes, and tiring.”

I also asked if he would like to do it again and he promptly told me “no” but a few minutes later said “maybe”.

HA!

I probably would have said no after running all of those miles as well!

This is a great event!

The volunteers and workers do such an amazing job putting on these runs.

Thank you for making trail running exciting for my eight year old!

For more information on the actual run check out Ken’s blog, here.

Father’s Day

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For Father’s Day this year my husband wanted to do the Lipbuster Challenge at Turkey Mt. again.

He did it last year as well.

This year though my oldest wanted to do it with him.

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They had to go up and down this hill at Turkey Mt. as many times as they could in 1hr.

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They both did 7 laps!

My son was worried he was not going to make it in time though so he left Nick behind and ran really fast to the finish!

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He was so excited to get the medal and eat…

He really likes to eat the “junk food”(his words) after a race.

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They did awesome!

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The picture on the right is how Nick really felt…

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My youngest stuck with me while I took pictures.

He was really helpful in pointing out things like a scorpion that had just gone under the bark at my feet…

I tried to stay in that spot longer but all I could think of was a scorpion crawling up my leg so we moved.

He was disappointed I did not get a picture of it.

I like that this race is early enough we can still make it to church!

I decided to change instead of showing up in muddy jeans though…

 

 

Our Weekend

settingupI decided last minute to do the DanMan Challenge this past weekend.

I had some complaining from my husband and son about my choice of the 10K, apparently they are above that.

I am not.

I would have choosen the 5K if they had one.

Since it was 3hrs away we camped at Lake Texoma Resort State Park the night before.

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dinnerDinner.

I really like these type of stoves, they make heating up water so much easier!

laketexomaThis is not a park we would usually travel to go to because it does not have much hiking but it was a beautiful place to spend an evening.

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trailIt even had a hiking trail.

It was an under 3 mile out and back.

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trailpathSuch a beautiful way to spend an evening.

himandmeI really like having a little photographer with me.

laughingWe started laughing when he just kept clicking away.

laketrailWalking along a lake, holding hands at sunset.

A memory I want to cherish forever.

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swingingThis was me forcing my husband to turn around and my son to take our picture because the light was so pretty.

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tenteveningI decided to leave the air mattress at home, I thought surely the foam pads and an extra sleeping bag would be enough.

I am wimp.

It was not enough.

bedtimeReading a bedtime story on my kindle.

finishersThe next morning we ran the 10K at the DanMan Challenge!

My oldest and husband ran together and my little man and I ran together.

His thoughts on the privilege of running with his mom, “I am not the slowest in this family so why do I have to run with you?”

Yep, I am slow.

I am pretty sure I was fast enough for his first 10K though.

He did point out that a 10K is very short.

That poor child thinks 6.2 miles is nothing.

danmanchallengeIt was a fun run on dirt roads and trails.

It is so amazing that someone opens their ranch up and invites all of these strangers to come enjoy it!

It was a great first run for my boy and I!

Since this post already has a lot in it, I will share what we did after the Challenge tomorrow!

There just happened to be a fun history event going on in the area of the Challenge!