My BABY's First 5k

Today we took off to the Orange County Choppers 5K. Our expectation was to bring ALL the kids., but the weather wasn't allowing for it... so 1/3 were left at home, while 2/3 remained with the "grown folk" to face the weather AND run a race.
I am proud to say, my eldest son successfully ran his first 5k.... PLACING in his age group!

Earlier in the week his doctor told us he has moderate to severe asthma and seasonal allergies and we had doubts about letting him run. But he wanted to go and was looking forward to it, so we took the chance.

When we got to OCC, we had about half an hour to burn, so we checked out a couple of the awesome OCC bikes, then headed outside for the race to kick off.

After we got him some water, snacks and grabbed a bite to eat in the cafe.

Come to find out, both my guys ended up placing third in their age groups!
 

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Run or Dye

 We took a little ride out to Hartford, CT today, to partake in the color run, Run or Dye. I had signed up months ago with a team of eight local moms (& a couple dads too), but by the time the race came around HALF the team was struck by food poisoning! As we pulled off the exit the traffic was already backed up for several miles an hour before the race's start time and I began to get nervous. Finding a parking spot was not as hard as I thought, but the lines were LONG! I had pre-registered, but my partner-in-crime had not, and due to the super long lines we all waited together for fear of losing each other.

 After we got our bibs on, we went for the classic before shot. Sparkly clean and white, and we were probably the only ones. The majority of folks were dumping dye packs over their heads or rolling around in it, even before the race began!
The race was seemingly unlimited as far as the number of "runners" (a term I will use VERY loosely today), we waited in the corral for at least 40 minutes before beginning our turn to run, and actually passed 3 (maybe more) waves of "runners" before hitting the FIRST dye station. The first color was yellow, I am certain of this as I was pelted in the face. We passed another wave of "runners" as we approached the ONLY water station in the 96* July heat. As we continued onward, I decided I would sprint the Dye stations, in an effort to avoid being pelted again.

 All in all, it was an experience I will never forget. And I still left with a smile on my face, after-all it was a beautiful day.

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Petit 5K Race

We all took the trip to Plainville to run in the Petit 5k Road Race. It was definitely the nicest race I have ever seen (other than a Disney race of course). There were TONS of neighbors surrounding all the streets, cheering us on, putting their sprinklers into the road which was burning, and it concluded with a nice little party with lots of freebies... We didn't stick around long, because we went to breakfast at Leo's instead...

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