Bolder Boulder

Back at Christmas, Rob and Whitney were talking about races they had ran. Joe and I foolishly brought up that we were thinking about doing the Bolder Boulder 10K over Memorial Day weekend and they should come out and join us. So, come February we all four signed up. Joe and I found an eight week training program online and got running in April. It was hard to find the time. Most of my runs were pushing a stroller with the two little ones while Josh was in school. I discovered there are a lot of hills in our neighborhood. Joe split his training between Denver and Alabama and discovered running at sea level is much easier. 

Well, after "training", the day finally arrived. We woke up nice and early Memorial Day and headed out to Boulder. The boys stayed with Grandma and Grandpa (thankfully). 

Here we are before we joined our running waves. All smiles (for now). 

Right before we started. It was pretty cool how they started. Each wave got a trumpet call to the line and a gun shot. Then we were off. We were serenaded by bands along the entire route. People who live in houses on the route come out and sit in their yards. Some just watched but most had their garden hoses out spraying people or offering food (like Doritos and cupcakes). There were a few fun outfits including a body suit that was the human muscular system (gross). I did okay for the first half but really struggled the rest. Joe was great and stayed with me the whole time. And....

we finished! (no photo of me at the end) We had a goal of 68 minutes and beat it by over a minute with an end time of 66:41.









Then we walked around Boulder, had a nice healthy lunch and came home to take a nap. Thanks Rob and Whitney for pushing us to do this. It was great doing it with you. I think that will tide me over on races for a while.