Turkey Dash 2009

With all the running that's been going on around here, several members of our family decided to participate in the Katy YMCA Turkey Dash. I've been running for awhile now, Ryan has been running longer than I have, my mom has started in the last month or so... so we had a bit of a running group going on! Daniel talked a big game swearing he could beat me in the race only having run a handful of times in the past month. Kim also did great though had to take it easy considering her current condition.

Our running crew.

The girls.
The boys.

My friend Tiffany and I... she and I run a lot together and have done a couple races together now and plan on more this upcoming year.

Dan and I... we look SOOO ready to get out there and sprint past each other to the finish, don't we?

My mom was so awesome!! This was her first race (Dan's too) and it was so fun to be able to share it with those first timers because it really is very exciting (and addictive).

A pre-race picture before we have at it on the race course!

This was the group of us from our church that came to race on Thanksgiving morning. I loved cheering everyone on.

Here's my mom coming in for the finish-- WOO HOO!!!! Since I couldn't manage a decent picture of anyone else crossing the finish, I am happy that I got this shot of my mom!

FOR THE RECORD

Erin won!!!-- I ran the 5K in 23:53 (that's about a 7:42 pace)-- gun time

Dan came in second-- 5K in 25:02 (that's about a 8:04 pace)-- gun time

(stupid chip timing was messed up so you can probably subtract at least 30 seconds from that).

Also, I came in FIRST in my division and Dan came in 10th!! We did awesome!

So, off the block Daniel shot past me and I thought to myself, "Oh crap, he is totally going to beat me and I've been the one training like crazy!!". I was about 50 feet behind him for the first mile... we ran it in about 6:30 minutes! Then, I caught up to him, looked at him, smiled and knew that I wouldn't see him again until I watched him cross the finish line from the other side :). VICTORY!!! It is so sweet.

January 31 I am participating in a marathon relay with 3 of my friends in Waco. 3/4 of us are having our husbands run our legs of the race. It should be fun and I am excited to see if I can still beat Dan in 2 months. I'll keep you posted.