As you know John has been working hard to get in shape and lose weight. He has been following the Couch to 5K program on his iPhone and the Saturday before Halloween he ran his first 5K! He had just gotten to the 5K mark in the program and this race was a true test of everything he'd been working on. The run he participated in was called the Monster Dash and the best part about it is that everyone runs in costume! Its path circles Lake Harriet so it made for a nice run on a nice fall morning.
Other members of John's family have run in the past but this year it was himself, his mom and his dad. John's dad walked the entire course pushing Megan in the stroller and his mom did a walk/job combo. Megan proudly wore her dragon costume and thought it was so cool to see hundreds of other people wearing costumes too - some dogs even dressed up!
I think Valerie was a runner...
We originally wanted John to be the track guy from the SNL skit What up With Dat but in the end I think he looks more like Richard Simmons. Either way, the wig looked cool and the track suit was great for running in.
Ok, so not everyone dressed up...
Megan was carbing up before the race. Pretzels, cereal bar and peanut butte sandwich...
In the swarm of hundreds and hundreds of participants, I missed John and Valerie starting off. We were also watching for John's blonde wig, but you know how many other runners were also wearing big blonde wigs? It took close to 10 minutes for all of the runners to pass the starting line and then Megan and Grandpa were off!
Pictures from the finish line! John did AWESOME! He actually ran the entire time - even without his iPhone music that never kicked in :( He surprised me big time when he crossed the finish line at about 33 minutes!
Valerie came in at about 50 minutes.
Everyone got cool medals (or trophies as Megan would call them) along with a power snack.
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