The 5k

Our Memorial Day weekend started with a little high school soccer before heading out of C-ville for Richmond. We stayed overnight with Mom and Dad Saunders and got up (for the second Saturday in a row) very early - before 7 this week. We got to Innsbrook, where the 5k for Autism was held, around 7:30. There were quite a few more people than at the West Haven run! There were close to 1000 participants (men, women, children, and some dogs). We picked up our bags, pinned our numbers on, and headed to the Start line.
Since there were so many people, and we know we are not competitive runners, we started moving toward the middle of the pack. This was as the announcer was saying that if you couldn't run a 5 minute mile, you should move back! We obviously kept moving. There were lots of strollers behind us and one of the most ridiculous things we have ever seen. First, there was a woman with her dog in a stroller. But, to top that, another lady had her dog in what looked like a Baby Bjorn. This and this don't even show the absurdity of it. The dog was facing out, its back legs were sticking out of the bottom, and its front legs were hanging in front of it. It looked like it was wearing a diaper. I digress...
So, we were able to keep up a steady jog the whole time, and crossed the finish line together at 32:56. The race results (if the link doesn't go directly to the page, click on Race Results on the left side bar, then use the drop down menu to pull up the 5k Run/Walk for Autism) have The Colonel listed as #342 and The Mrs. listed as #343, but we did finish together and you will notice that our time is the same. You may also notice that a 1 year old and quite a few 5-9 year olds beat us, but I can tell you that most of them were in joggers being pushed my mom or dad!
We were astonished at the # of 90 year olds listed in the last age bracket and really think that there is some kind of mistake. I think we would have noticed that many 90 year olds-even among 900-some people!
So overall, we are happy that we were able to keep our jog on the whole time and we weren't too sore afterwards, but do hope to improve our 5k time in the coming months. We are looking at doing the Clark Elem. 5k in September, but want to get another 1 or 2 in before then.
Sunday and Monday were relaxing. We painted the bottom portion of our bedroom walls. There is a really ugly border that has always been here, that will not come off despite The Colonel's and The Colonel's Father's best efforts. Our only option is to paint over it, but we have cathedral ceilings so that can get tricky. So, we painted from the border down, and will put a plain border over the ugly flowered one. We also spent a little time at our pool (with half of the neighborhood) and took Bailey down to the Rivanna for a little swimming and fetching.


More pictures here.
Back to the grind Tuesday for 8 more days of school.