A couple of months ago Lauren begged me about doing a 5k. She promised to train daily and to be cheerful. She ran a couple of times with me but we had vacation, Lauren was gone for a week with a friend, then she was sick so I really thought she was going to have problems finishing a 3.1 miles. The drive up was great, all three were giggly and excited. It was cold up in SF just by the bay but there were so many people that were jumping around and throwing the colored cornstarch that we huddled in the middle so we kept out of the wind.
We were in the second wave of 500 that went out on a very short circuit. Every 1/2 mile there were cornstarch throwers covering us in a different colors. The girls did great and walked about 1/3 of the track. The finish was unspectacular but the after party was loud and fun.
We crowded up to the front because Sanya jumped the fence twice - with my urging - to go do dance contests. She won one of them! We were cheering her on very loudly!
Lauren has decided she wants to do another 5k like this one in September. I like that maybe (MAYBE) I will have someone to run with. :-)
Looks like you had a blast!
ReplyDeleteIs this like that thing they do in India?
ReplyDeleteCute running partner you have there ;)