Saturday, August 27 was a very special day for our family. Both my wife, Erin, and my oldest daughter, Abigail, ran in a race at Christ the King parish in Des Moines. I will openly admit that as my wife's running coach, I discouraged her from doing the race due to where it fell in her training schedule, but it all ended up working out.
To start with, my wife (hands down the most beautiful woman on earth) ran in the 5k race. Both of the girls and I watched her start and finish the race. She did awesome! It is almost hard to believe that this is the same woman, who just 2 years ago was a self identified non-runner. The same woman who just last summer said that she was done with running after finishing the Bix 7 and injuring her foot in the process. And now, the same woman who is training for her first half marathon that is just 2 1/2 short weeks away!
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| Looking fabulous! |
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| All of my girls, pre-race |
She ran a great race and set a PR time in the process. I could not be any more proud of her! The best part in all of this is that Erin and I are working together to make fitness and family go hand in hand. Our hope is that by developing a tradition and culture of running and fitness, it will pass onto both of our girls.
Shortly after Erin's race, Abigail got a chance to run in her first race ever and she loved it! Both Erin and I are very proud of her for doing her best and running the entire way. The smile on her face the entire time showed us how much she loved it.
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| And they're off |
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| Heading back to the finish line |
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| All smiles with her medal after the race |
I am more and more excited every day to see what the future holds for our little family. But things are pretty darn great right now too.
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