River Run 2011 - Madelyn's First Race.

A while back my friend/running partner, Angelia, and I, decided we were going to run the 2 mile river festival  run with our daughters. Angelia's daugher, Hollee, ran 2 miles one time before race day and Madelyn only ran when she was running bases at softball. So they were going into race day with little to no training. There were over 2,000 people running the race and the start was a clustered mess as always. Angelia and Hollee went ahead of us early on and made it to the finish line in 22 minutes. Madelyn and I ran and walked the race and by the end she was one hot and tired girl. We crossed the finish line in a little over 30 minutes. I was super proud of her for finishing her very first 2 mile race and hope we run many more races together.

pre-race

 mothers/daughters on race day

 Me & My girl

 And she's off

At this point there were no smiles

 

Receiving a race medal brought the smile back