Cherie and I started running (jogging) in April. We were on the couch with basically no physical activity at all. In June we entered our first running event, a 5k run. We both finished decently with Cherie at 148 overall, 10th in her age/gender group and me 65th overall and 18th in my age/gender group out of 273 listed in the results (there were lots more). Here are the official Dash for Dads results of that run.
This last Sunday (October 7, 2012) Grandma watched the kids and we ran at the Bizz Johnson event in the 10k event where we both finished 4th in our age/gender groups. I crossed the line before Cherie and waited for a few minutes and when she came into view, she was running full sprint right on the heels of another girl in her age group. They crossed the line with identical chip times but since the other girl crossed first, she got third place and the medal. Cherie was in the middle of a pack of six girls in the same age group that all crossed the line with no one else in between! Tight race indeed!
Cherie finished a full ten minutes sooner than she thought she would and still had plenty of steam left for the dash to the end. I am so proud of her!
My race was fun but not as close and no where near as exciting.
Cherie finished 23 overall and I finished 10th overall. Not bad at all for only running for six months. We really surprised ourselves. This is the official Bizz Johnson results posting.
We will be doing that again next year for sure! Thanks Grandma!