Here's Jen and Calissa posing before the race began (Calissa actually looks pretty happy for getting up at 6:15 in the morning -- of course, she wasn't quite so happy later on that day). Jen's mom also came with so they could wait for her at the finish line. The boys and I were busy at the baseball field that morning so we couldn't cheer her on.
The race was held along the waterfront in Alameda -- a beautiful, flat course for running.
Here's Calissa, near the finish line, waiting for Mom. Jen's the one in the aqua top.
Here's Jen trying to smile for the camera while keeping her game face on (race face?).
And here's Calissa congratulating Mom on her accomplishment. They all received champagne glasses with chocolate bars inside. The slogan for the race was "I run for chocolate and champagne." There was free champagne for the finishers, but Jen didn't indulge for obvious reasons. However, she did succumb to peer pressure along with 15 other women from the Stake and got the "See Jane Run" tattoo on her leg. It is a temporary tattoo, of course, but it didn't come off after 2 showers, so she sported it during church today. I'm a little worried, but she swears she didn't have any champagne.
Jen's goals were to finish in less than 30 minutes and to run the whole time (i.e., no walking). She accomplished both and finished with a time of 29:16. She was 119th out of about 750 racers and was 20th in her age group. Now, she's talking about her next challenge -- maybe a 10K or mini-triathlon? We may have created a monster...Posted by Trav (we had already downloaded the pictures under Jen's name).
2 comments:
Way to go!!!
Go Jen! I'm thinking that tri in Sept. might be fun. A little more peer pressure and I'll start training to swim...
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