We had a nice surprise too! Just as the marathon and 1/2 marathoners were about to start, I looked over and saw cousin Chad Janis all the way from Dallas talking to Spencer and Sr. D! He had come to run the 1/2 marathon! Uncle Roark, Aunt Rebecca, and cousins Laura and Sarah were somewhere along the trail waiting to cheer everyone on! When the race was over, they headed on to Florida for a fun Spring Break.
The weather was perfect for a long run: clouds and a cool breeze. I ran the whole way and felt really good afterward, recovering very quickly. Whew! Emily started running with Rachel, but turns out, Rachel seems to be a long-distance SPRINTER, so Emily opted to go at a slower pace with Sr. D 1/2 way through.
Spencer was bound and determined to win the entire 5K race, but didn't anticipate a bus load of University sprinters from Michigan joining him. He kept up for about a mile, but wasn't conditioned THAT well for 3.1 miles. The winner ran it in around 15 min! So he opted out of the race. :) :(
Brian came in 1st in his age category(1 hour 53 min. 41 seconds) and Chad came in 3rd (2:00:51)!!! Yea cousins! I beat my time last year by 20 minutes (2:20:26)! Yea me!!!
Here are some pics and videos captured by our biggest cheerleader and patient spectator, AUNT SHELBY!!!! Sr. D and Emily warming up for the 5K.
Brian crossing the finish line. 
Chad sprinting the home stretch. 
After the race. I LOVE the medals they give the 1/2 and full marathoners! They are so cool! 
Here I am crossing the finish line.Jared crossing the finish line. He came in 7th in his age category (24:49)! Go Jared! Another long-distance sprinter! It's all that soccer playing! Rachel zipped by without getting on film. :( Sorry Rachel!! She came in 8th in her category! (29:06)
Emily (35:22) and Sr. D (35:39) coming across the finish line. Emily made a sprint ahead of Sr. D on the final leg. Sr. D preferred to keep at his minimal effort output strategy to the end. :)
Another one of me at the end. Our only picture of Spencer. Taylor was at an autistic camp being a buddy, so he wasn't able to be with us. We missed him, but he had a wonderful time!
Yea Jeff! (4:03:24 - 6th place in his age category) His 7th marathon! (including a mega 50 mile marathon!)
Here are two more videos that Uncle Roark sent to us, of us during the races. Thank you!!!
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Yay for my running family!!! Awesome job everybody!!
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