5K Champs!

Two of the people in the above picture are legitimate runners and finished first in their respective age groups on our Saturday 5K sponsored by Chase's company; two of the people in the above picture are kinda posers and were lucky to finish the race at all. Want to take a guess about who is who? Let me give you a hint, the two slowpokes are siblings and are, or once were, McKee's! I'm married to and birthed gazelles but as for me and my brother, we DO NOT run for fun! (Although running with Chase was actually such a good time!)

Talmage has been begging me to sign him up for a 5K for months (maybe even years) and asked me basically everyday for a month if it was FINALLY race day. To say he was pumped is an understatement. James was too fast for him and Chase and I were too slow, so he ran the whole 5K by himself. He finished in 27 minutes and although he was pretty proud of himself, I'm confident I was prouder!

Chase and I spent our 35 minute run talking about all of the things that were more fun than running. It wasn't hard to come up with a whole slew of them. Eating donuts. Having dance parties. Sleeping in. All things that are more fun than running at the crack of dawn on a Saturday!!! That being said, it was fun to spend some time together and it made for hilarious memories, and videos!

I don't think I'll ever tire of watching this roadrunner! I'm so grateful that Meghan was at the finish line and snapped a few pictures of him on the home stretch. He's AMAZING!!! He finished fourth behind a college runner, high school runner and a middle-aged man we nicknamed Chuck Norris. 4th out of 275--wowzers! I think an 18 minute 5K is something to be very, VERY pleased of and heaven knows we were all proud to call him ours.

We felt pretty darn good about ourselves (and our muscles) after finishing the race. It always feels good to accomplish something, especially when it's a little hard, and this 5K was no different. We rewarded ourselves with donuts because those figures don't stay that way without some help, haha!

The person who really deserved a medal was Meghan, who watched these four babies while we raced! That pregnant belly doesn't hold her back from helping at every opportunity, I love that about her.

T got called up and honored as the first place runner under 10. They may have pronounced his name worse than we've ever heard, but they gave him a shiny medal, a handshake and a memory that will last his lifetime! That Talmage Scott is a special kid, we love him so much.

Our three medaled men at the end of the race! Chase finished 2nd in his age group and the Wigs finished 1st (I was 4th, womp womp, no medal for me!) I'm so proud of all three of them and so glad we got to experience this together. What are we EVER going to do when Chase and Meghan go back to Idaho?