Beat the Banker 4.01 K

April 3 was the Beat the Banker 4.01K sponsored by Sun First Bank. This was Russell's first race ever and he did a great job! We even took Emily on this run in her jogging stroller. Here we are before the race.

Here is Emily helping Dad warm up for the race. She loved running up and down the road. She thought she was going to run with us so while we were stretching, she sat down by us and stretched too. She makes the funniest noises when she stretches; she grunts and groans and reaches so far!

Then the race began! We ran so fast! Our goal was to run the 2.5 mile race in 21 minutes and I did it in 19:45 and Russell was right behind me with a time of 20 minutes exactly! We did great. I felt bad because Russell would have come in at the same time as me but at about the 1.5 mile mark, Emily dropped her snacks and because I was pushing the stroller at that time, Russell had to go back and get the snacks. Then he never quite caught back up with us. I feel bad because I should have waited for him but he said it was okay because he still got a good time.

Here we are at the finish line. We made it!

This race was fun because there were about 25 bankers that ran the race too and for every banker we beat, (hence the name of the race) we got 25 cents! We both beat 20 bankers so we each won $5 for a total of $10!! We were excited! We had a good race and Russell even said he liked races and would do more with me. Yeah!

Then we had to rush over to Washington to make it to the City Easter Egg Hunt at 10:00.