Family 5K....The family that runs together stays together, right?

Not too long ago I convinced my hubby to run a 5k with me.  Now I've always been the "runner" in our family and he's always been the cyclist...which is the nice way of saying, I'm pretty sure he's never run any sort of distance in his life :)  That being said, he also has a couple screws in his ankle and a metal rod for his fibula.  One night over a dinner date, he says to me, let's set a goal of running this 5k with 8 minute miles.  I just laughed because he wasn't even working out at the time...to which he responded, "you know I'm really competitive right".  I just said okay, knowing my goal was 9 minute miles...and that was pushing it.  Well, race day came, and both of us had been slacking.  I hadn't ran in 3 weeks, and Justin still hadn't ran at all.  My mom came down to watch the kids  and cheer us on while we ran.  We even had Ethan make a sign that said "Go Daddy!" on one side and the reverse side said "Run Mommy!"  He was so stinking cute and kept yelling "Go Daddy and Run Mommy Run " as we raced....and even after the race.  Justin did amazing!  Despite my pre-race joking that he should go ahead and give his insurance cards to the EMT's standing by.  He amazed all of us and came in 2nd in his age group with a time of  26.42 and I placed 3rd in my age group with a time of 28.37....not bad considering I hadn't ran in 3 weeks :)  It was a fun-filled family day full of physical activity (did you like that alliteration ha!:)  I told Justin, I've never met anyone who could mentally push through like he did and that he should quit his current job and become a professional athlete! :)  We finished off the day with some recovering that included a pulled pork dinner with friends and Coldstone Creamery icecream.  Hoping for more family races to come!

our cheering section gearing up for the race

Ethan and his Go Daddy sign pre-race

getting ready to cross the finish

getting ready to cross the finish

post-race smiles and trophies