Pie and Glove Recap and Other Thoughts.

   
Thanksgiving morning was the 19th annual Pie and Glove 5k.  I ran the very first Pie and Glove and have only missed it 3 times.  This year was different for me.  My 5 year old daughter decided that she wanted to run it.  I decided I wasn't going to race it and I was going to run with her.  It was a great decision for me!  I had so much fun sharing what I love with her.  She completed it in 41:04. There was so many people there this year and I loved how the course was set-up.  I was able to cheer for all the runners as we were headed out! 

Family Fun

Me, Michele, and My Mom

Daddy made her a sign!

    We headed to my mom and dad's house for Thanksgiving.  My sister and her family were in town so it was a blast!  I ended up having a sleep over at my parents house so I could hang out more.

Happy Thanksgiving

    Friday, we went to a local parade.  I also won a contest on Oiselle and won a shirt!  I can't wait as I am so in love with their clothing!

Parade Viewing

     Saturday was my son's 7th birthday party.  We headed to the arcade at the mall!  I think a good time was had by hall.  I can't believe he will be 7 on Wednesday!  He's growing up way too fast!

Lego Cake

          Sunday we put the Christmas tree up.  The kids really enjoyed it this year! I think it is going to be a great Christmas this year.

My Peanuts!

My Youngest

      Training plan is ready to go! Just need to register for the Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon.  25 weeks to go first run is today :)

Are you running a spring marathon???  Which one???
How long are your marathon training plans?  Usually 18

May Day 5k and Kids Fun Run

This weekend was the May Day 5k. I have not really been doing a lot of speed training and thought the 5k would be a good speed day! It was a Sunday race at 1:oopm. I have run the course before.....I ran it in October for the Chris Bond Run. In October I completed the course in 22:00. Sunday was over a minute slowe 23:08. I was disappointed with the time but happy because I was the overall female. I guess running 9 miles on Saturday was not the ideal way to improve a 5k time on Sunday. But oh well! It was fun! My mom ran also and won her age group!!! GO MOM!!!! They had the results all mixed up with me....They had me listed as a male and in the 15-19 year old age group. Not sure how that happened since I registered through Active. I was 12th over all out of 168 runners. They quickly "changed" me back to female. But I did have to forfeit my 15-19 age group award because of the over all win (nice thing for a 33 year old to have to do:) ).

My favorite part of the day was the 1/2 mile kids run!!! My 4 year old really wanted to run it. So I ran it with her and she was so cute running!!! When she crossed the finish line she looked up at me and said, " boy mom, that is hard work!" I love her!

Here are some pics of Ally's race........

At the start with mommy!

Checking out the crowd!

Finished!

Like any runner she hit up the post race food!

The awards

The Race that Didn't Happen for me.....

Saturday, I was going to run a 10k. The Fly With Eagles 10k. It is a tough course! Last year I was the overall female. I wanted to see what kind of shape I am in compared to last year. I wanted to see if I could run faster on this course. I did everything that I normally do on Friday even laid out my new outfit to run in. New outfit from 26.2 apparel

modeling the new outfit

When I woke up Saturday morning my youngest was doing so hot. He was running a fever for the 3rd day in a row. Being a good mother I called his doctor and they wanted to see him. They set an appointment up for him at 9am. There was no way I was going to make it to the race. I was very bummed but I wanted my little guy to feel better!!! When I changed his diaper he was covered in a rash from the fever. Poor little man was a mess!

my baby napping

I took the opportunity of a rare nap for Carson to get an afternoon run in. Since I missed the race in the morning I decided to head out for a hilly run. I was able to 5.5 in 49:30 (9:00/mile pace) This is the second fastest I have run this loop. I will add the Garmin details later. I was even able to test out the new running outfit! It was one of the most comfortable running outfits I have ever worn! I will definitely buying more clothes from them! the best thing about sick children is how cuddly they are! Love my little man!!