The second weekend of August, Nathan & I drove up to Vancouver, BC with our friends, the Brooks, to run the Lululemon Half Marathon.
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| The view from our hotel room. I LOVE Vancouver! Our room looked down on the area where the Olympic torch was during the Winter Olympics. |
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| The three of us (Gretchen, Mike & me), race morning, waiting in our corral. |
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Gretchen & me.
She had a baby just 13 weeks earlier! Yep, she is amazing.
Nathan was so sweet and volunteered to watch Baby Jane while we ran. |
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| This was the view from our corral. There were 7500 runners in the race! And check out their bright clothes. Gotta love a run sponsored by Lululemon! :) |
I don't have a picture of crossing the finish line; it was too crowded for Nathan to get there. But I ran it in 2:20, which was right at my target pace. So I was happy.
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After the run, we headed to Meat & Bread for some grub. All I can say is YUM! That was one tasty sandwich.
The BACON MAPLE ICE CREAM SANDWICH was pretty YUM too. :) |
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| Here we are, after having run 13.1 miles, then eaten a monster sandwich & bacon maple ice cream. You can see which couple is still happy & smiling, and which is ready to crawl into bed. :) |
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| The race & food & city were all great, but the best part of the weekend was spending it with Nathan. Oh, and we left the kids all home alone and they did great too! |
4 comments:
The kids stayed home alone? Hooray! Freedom! :) And I didn't even know you ran your half. Woo hoo! I love the eating after part!
Was that your happy anniversary trip? Running, ugh. I'd hold the baby too. Nathan is the wise one. Sandwich, yum. Ice cream, only a Russell.
How did Jared hold down the fort for the weekend?! What a kid. You know the kids have to be 18 here to be left...not on this assignment I guess.
You got to leave your kids home ALONE?!? I have to leave mine for 3 hours and get nervous. When can I be a grown up like you?
Go Brooke! I love Vancouver too--if I ever run a half marathon, I want to do the Vancouver run. And your kids are really amazing kiddos.
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