Labor Day Happenings

I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend!  I thought I'd share a little of what went on around here in pictures! :)

The Run:

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3.1 miles in 25:44 = ???

A very happy runner! :)

I registered for the Naked Foot 5k for next weekend (Yay!), so I decided to get in a short run in my Vibrams.  I felt great during the run!  Around the 2.5M mark I started to feel it in my calves, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle. This was my longest run to date in my Vibrams and I was able to run at a nice pace.  Hopefully I'll be able to hang with all the other barefoot runners at the race! :)


The Work:

Gotta love painting!  If any of you are thinking about painting a wall in your house any version of red, I urge you to think very strongly about whether or not you may change it in the future.  Why you ask?  Because it took 3 COATS of some kind of primer paint to get that one wall ready along with 2 COATS of the actual wall color paint.  My arms are killing me!

Oh, and if you're wondering why I'm wearing a bandana over my head, it's because I think it's cute.  Actually, it's because I don't want my hair to look like  this when I'm done painting:

The Race:
My husband decided to do a 10M race on Monday called The Park to Park 10 Miler.  The course winds through and around 4 major parks in Denver and it is just an awesome, beautiful course.  I ran it the previous years, but he has taken more of an interest in running lately (yay!) so I encouraged him to do the race.
We got up at 6, drove to the race venue, dropped him off, then the boys and I headed to breakfast.  We went to a place called Snooze, and they have the most delicious and strange pancake choices.  My boys of course got the chocolate chip pancakes (not so strange), but I got the Machu Picchu pancakes.  They are made with quinoa, cornmeal, sunflower seeds, blueberries, and then drizzled with agave nectar!  Can I just say YUM, YUM, YUM!

After breakfast we headed to Wash Park to wait for my husband to finish.  He estimated that it would take him about 1 1/2 hrs. to do the race.  We found a place to hang out along the course and my boys cheered on the other runners while ringing their cowbells!  They loved it!  Finally, I saw my husband coming!  He was looking awesome and I was so excited to see him running strong!  Usually he's the one cheering me on, so it was great to be on the other side of things! :)  He swung by our spot, gave the boys high fives, then  headed to the finish line!
I am so proud of him!  10 miles is the furthest he's ever run and he did awesome!  Woohoo! :)

Plus, look at the cool Lulemon bag he got.  I love all of the sayings on it!

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I hope you all had a great weekend!  :)