A Weekend of Running

It seems every weekend is a busy weekend of running from one place to another. This past weekend, we literally did run all weekend!! Gary Don, Kason and I ran our first 5K race together. We did the Susan G. Komen 5K race in Plano that supports the SGK Breast Cancer research foundation. This is an annual event and was the first race I ever did last year. It is such a fun race! There were 13,000 participants this year! Here we are before the race:
The boys:

I met up with my good friend Tracy before the race too. I love her! That is her daughter, Ashtyn who did the race as well. So proud of Tracy for doing it - way to go Trace!!

Then the race started and we were off! We weren't sure if Kason would run the whole 3.1 miles, but he did! He did stop at every water station, though! There were 9 water stations and he would race up to each station and either drink the water or pour it on his head. He loved hearing the volunteers at the water stations cheering for him. :) Here is Kason running - what a cutie!

Kason and GD finished strong and beat me to the finish line! Here is my little runner at the finish line:

After the race, there were tons of booths with all kinds of free goodies. Kason had so much he couldn't hold it all! In addition to the refreshing water and fruit, there were popsicles from Blue Bell, chocolate croissants and strawberries from Le Madeline's, candy - all kinds of stuff! We got free water bottles, bandanas, koozies, etc. Gotta love free stuff!! :)

They also had a Kids' 50 yard dash after the race. Of course, Kason wanted to do that! Not sure if you can spot him in this picture, he is right about in the middle of the picture. He did great, had lots of fun and even won a medal for participating!

On Sunday, I ran my first Half Marathon! I have been training for about 3 months for it. The race was the Wounded Warriors Half in Las Colinas. My friend from work, Natalie, her husband and Jamie's husband Shane all ran it as well. It was hot!! I didn't do as well as I had hoped and had to walk off and on the last 3 miles, but I am still proud of myself for finishing!! I am looking forward to runnin the Whiterock Half in December. Here is a pic of Shaney and I with our medals after the race. Go Team Shary Cane!! :)

13.1 miles! Yay Me!! :)