New skirt in town
I had SO much fun at my local 5K today! My sister and I had planned on running this with our sons (who have just turned 9 and 10 this month). Some of you know that my sister, Karin, was actually very sick 6 weeks ago, and was hospitalized for 5 days. She's worked hard at recovery, and although she wasn't sure that she could even attempt this race, she gave it a try.
We all warmed up together and posed for a Starting line photos!
The start (Will)
Karin and Roman:
Will poured it on at the end with a sprint! He and I finished at 28:45!
Roman came charging up 10 minutes later, and Will ran him in!
Karin had a stitch in her side, but she came in just at 40 minutes! Given how sick she has been so recently, I'm in AWE that she accomplished it. We decided to recreate this recent news story of a 13-year-old twin who piggy-backed her sister to the finish line of a race last week after she was injured: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/eighth-grader-carries-twin-finish-line-race-article-1.1793196
Karin and I turn 50 at the end of this month, so this was a fun way to celebrate our upcoming birthday!!
--Robin
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MM #5615
That is so dang cool!
Carolyn
Sweet! Great pictures!
I hammered down the trail, passing rocks and trees like they were standing still.
Karin doesn't look quite as upset as that other girl.
Cool!!!
"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
Trails are hard!
Nice race for you, Sis, and cousins. and no way you're 50!
Need a fast half for late fall. Then I need to actually train for it.
Marathon Maniac #957
Very cool!
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
How great that you and Karin and the boys had such a good time together! Isn't that what is really important?
Jay
Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.
Where's the dang "Like" button? Kudos to Karin for doing this.
Robin, what a great way to celebrate your upcoming birthday. You must do a variation of the WRFB approach and have a birthday month celebration?
LIKE!
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I’d say you’re having too much fun but you are.
I can hardly wait, especially if the same thing happens to you that happens to most of the goofbal,.. . I mean runners posting herein at various milestone birthdays..ps - no particular reason but could you meet me at mile 26.2 of my next 50K?
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
Wonderful pictures!!
And that is an amazingly wonderful, powerful story of the young girls. Thanks for sharing both your story and theirs.
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