Well today was the day, but let me start with Friday. My family has been great in supporting me with my running and now training for a triathlon, especially Abbie and Andy, so I treated the family to a night at Country Inn and Suites in Newnan. The hotel had an indoor pool which everyone liked, well almost everyone, Aeriell didn't pack her suit. I asked for a late checkout so after the run we were able to go back and swim a little longer.
Now for the run. I will say it was nice not getting up at o'dark thirty to drive to Newnan this morning. BRRRRR is was cold, damp, and windy. Abbie was a real trooper and thank you to Dad for "running" with her at the last minute. If you look closely at the picture of her at the finish line you will notice she is wearing socks on her hands...it was cold. She and Dad complete the race....yeah Dad...and Abbie got a medal....Dad just survived.
The announcer told me I had 15 minutes until the start of the 5k so I was able to see Abbie finish...Andy then said something like...honey I think the 5k started...I saw a lot of runners when we came up the hill! Ugh..not a way to start. But neverthelss, I took off and away I went. In the end I was able to shave 1 minute off from my first run in February.
