Sunday, September 11, 2011

A Melon and a Duathlon

In the middle of August, Drew and I ventured to Vining, MN so I could run in the "Run for the Melon" 5K race.  It was a beautiful Saturday morning in central Minnesota. Drew wanted to be my official photographer so I gave him my camera and off I went to run the race.  He took about 50 pictures of the trees and the surrounding area and he did manage to take a couple pictures of me during the race.

 After the race, participants were given watermelon to eat.

 I am almost at the finish line... I finished the race in 27 minutes 10 seconds :-)

My official photographer....


On August 28th, I tried something new... a duathalon.  Not just any duathalon...the world's largest... The Minneapolis Duathalon.   I ran 3.1 miles, biked 18 miles then ran 3.1 miles.  I had two friends from Stewartville who also participated in the race which made the experience a lot of fun.  Diana, Doug & Dan were there to cheer me on!  I finished the race in 2 hours 20 minutes :-)

Here I just finished biking 18 miles. Now I am heading to the transition area. 
All I have left in the race is 3.1 miles. 

Here I am posing with Julie & Julie for a picture.  Both of these ladies kicked my butt in the race.

 Diana and Doug are cheering me on.... just 100 yards left in the race.


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