Up late getting things ready for our Moody Marathon. But, I still got up and going to get out the door so that I could get my 10 miles in on the way to boxing class.
I got there just in time to get started with the crowd. Craig, the kids and Sophia met me there and we all had a great workout. I won the push-up contest with 72 narrowly edging out Lauren who had 69. Then there was a wall-sit contest and Lauren, David and I were 3/4 sitting :) The other lady actually won, but didn't want the pie so she gave it to David. Ugh...none of us need more pie!
We came home and got ready to run The Moody Marathon with Polly Pacer leading the race.
Nathan wasn't into doing the race. The boxing class had worn him out and we'd all gotten to bed late. So, in order to keep peace and happiness I allowed him to be the timer instead of running. He is only 7. So a 90 minute boxing class where he was actually working was probably more than enough for him.
We had our start picture and we were off. I had Polly and our dog Lucy and Craig had Adam in the stroller. We all took off and I took the lead early :) but, I wanted to make sure no one got lost. So I stopped at the first turn into the neighborhood and waited until I could see the last person. We got grouped up again and I went forward. Lauren actually did a pretty decent job keeping up with me. If the girl would run more, she could probably beat me. After the first extra loop around I waited again to make sure everyone was in tow. Somehow Sophia got lost. We waited and waited for her, but she never came. So I went back looking for her, I didn't find her anywhere! But, when I came back around the corner...she was there. I don't know where she went, but she found us :) So we went off again. I re-grouped one last time to make sure everyone was following and knew the last couple turns home. I finally let loose the last straight away to home and hit a nice 7:30 pace to finish up in 38:XX minutes. With an extra 1/2 mile and all the re-grouping it wasn't too bad a time...I guess :) It is still the new record set for the Moody Marathon. I'm willing now to let someone else win...if they can!
At the finish line I was greeted by our timer and Adam. Craig had taken a bit of a short-cut and only did 2.3 miles. Since Adam was in the stroller he was excited to be the first to cross the line. We are still discussing with him why he didn't really win. Oh, 4 year olds! Craig had gotten a call from work and was sitting on the front porch working on his lap-top. Poor guy. He never gets a day off. Lauren came in shortly after I did and then David and Sophia. It was great to watch everyone finish. Nathan loved handing out the medals to all the finishers. It was perfect! Everyone was happy and had a great time.
We then went inside and had our Krispy Kreme donuts and did our raffle drawing. The best raffle prize was the box....Nathan had a choice: The reindeer poof or the box, He chose the box. What was in the box? Nothing! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! (it is a quote from UHF, if you're a decent human with a sense of humor you've seen the show :) ). Lauren got the 2 year cat calendar, I got the bubble gum candy cane, Adam got paints, David got the big mustache, Sophia got the Reindeer Pooper and Craig got the reinder poof...not a good idea to confuse those last two.
It was an incredible family tradition to start and I won the glass pinecone trophy for the win. I got to write my name on a leaf with the year. But, since Adam was sure he won and needed to write his name on there I wrote Rachel Anne so that he could see the A and think I wrote his name on too :)
We all got showered and headed off to Thanksgiving at the Moody house and then surprised my mom with Sophia. Then, the best thing happened. My mom's husband (who we all love and adore...ha!) saw our t-shirts and said: "The Moody Marathon...hmmm, how long is that marathon?!?" LOL! The perfect comment from the perfect person. I couldn't help but let a smile crrep across my face. 3 miles...it is just 3 miles. It was awesome. Worth every penny I spent on the race. The Moody Marathon, this 5K ain't no kids game!
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