This morning Jenny and I ran the Harpoon Brewery 5-miler together to celebrate my 30th birthday. It was a wonderful time! The weather was perfect, the company was great (Jenny's husband, Chris, also ran and Jenny's kids & parents and Colin came along to support us), and we ran the whole race! We enjoyed brats, pasta, salad, and beer at the after party and called it a morning shortly thereafter. It was a wonderful way to spend the last morning of my 20s! Colin got some great photos that you can sit back and enjoy.
Waiting for Jenny's family to arrive.
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Pre-race revelry!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2iHmQX4VzwHCQsRSRK831BLZvb9-cS7SMccP4gluLwAfQ7a7q_DPBCQ9gbxkqU-igjDSKUcje9_Fe7yQbgp9MjFPwC5IWWye1k76v2FhKu2MeCZ-YgxUWvDFem1bNEYMwTcWppaBBV8/s320/IMGP4166.JPG)
There were a lot of people and a lot of porta potties.
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There was this place where you could time your sprint.
I didn't do too badly.
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Pre-race revelry!
There were a lot of people and a lot of porta potties.
There was this place where you could time your sprint.
I didn't do too badly.
The sprint to the finish;
we met our goal of finishing in under an hour!
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And a post race photo for the books.
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Acknowledgements:
we met our goal of finishing in under an hour!
And a post race photo for the books.
Acknowledgements:
- Thanks to Colin for supporting my running habit by giving me time away to pursue it, and for taking photos today.
- Thanks to Colin's parents for my new running shoes.
- Thanks to Chris for passing his bib# along to me, so I could run officially.
- Thanks to Gyda and Hordur for caring for our children while we were out for the morning.
congrats!!! and happy birthday!!!
ReplyDeleteYou did it!!! The last time I ran three miles was when i was pregnant with you. ha!!!!! Must have been about 31 years ago... I'm so proud of you for reaching your goal AND having fun. Have a great day tomorrow!
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Congratulations and Happy Birthday, Heather!
ReplyDeleteYou wore your 30 hat. Nice. Congratulations and Happy Birthday!!! - Michelle
ReplyDeletewoohoo!! way to go!
ReplyDeletewell done my friend! welcome to the 30's - you're off to a great start!
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