Hope everyone had a splendid Independence Day (or Fourth of July) here in the states. I enjoyed a day off of work and a wonderful day with the family. Here’s how it went down:
Kids Fun Race with the First Lady — her very first race on foot and not being pushed in the stroller. It’s official. She ran her very first race at 21 months. She followed sensible logic and didn’t start out too fast. She paced herself and stayed consistent all the way through, just like a good little endurance runner. I have a feeling she has closet speed and is holding out for future races. Just sayin.
The race was followed up by having a pancake breakfast in the park, playing on a slide and sitting in the driver’s seat of a fire truck. We then saw a parade and fell asleep on the way home. After that we had some strawberries and headed over to the pool for a pre-dinner swim. It was a great, active day.
>> Click to enlarge << See anyone towards the middle-back a lot taller than everyone else?
Links from me:
Runner’s World #RWRunStreak Badge
Mizuno Wave Sayonara — video and workout
Links from others:
Giveaway from DarwinianFail.com — Mizuno shoes all of July!
NYCRunningMama.com half-ironman recap (first in AG)
Celebrating life with LeanGreenBean — hugs.
Birthday scenes from LoveLifeSurf — Happy BDay. Now go run hills!
Discount Codes for Half Marathons:
Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose, Oct. 6 – $10 off: PAVEMENTRUNNER10
Rock ‘n’ Roll LA, Oct. 27 – $10 off: PAVEMENTRUNNER10
US Half in San Francisco, Nov. 3 – $10 off: PAVEMENTRUNNER
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How was your fourth of July?
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Congrats to the First Lady! She ran her race far smarter than I did :)
Love it! Congrats First Lady on your race! I bet she ran faster to me. And dude, I really don’t want to run hills! haha. And who signs up for a race over a year in advance? Oh, apparently I do. Thanks for the link love!
Cheers to the First Lady! Love that picture – you look way excited and she looks like she’s wondering just how much air she’s gonna get :)
What a great age, and a fun way to celebrate!
Good for the First Lady! She is such a doll!
How fun & love it – the first lady is rocking young! :)
Already learning the tricks of racing – way to go First Lady!!!
SHE IS TOO CUTE.
oh my gosh, i love her! can we be running buddies now? she’s probably my pace!
LOVE. THIS. My daughter is 18MO and I cannot wait to run with her! That is, if she likes running. Taking her along with me in the stroller may or may not be my way of brainwashing her…I like to think of it more as an educational tool to help her understand the importance of physical activity (running). Congrats to the First Lady :-)
That is adorable! Our first attempt at that age didn’t go so well, but we did a kids race this spring that was much better- so fun to watch them run!
UMMMM best race recap EVER! Go First Lady!
Oh too cute!!!!
Pancake breakfast…count me in! It has protein in them right?! ;) hehe
I love kids runs and watching the race to the finish with mom/dad! Super cute! Happy 4th weekend ;)
I’m glad the first lady is learning pacing early! So cute. My daughter used to come along to our local fun runs–one-mile family runs on Tues. nights nearby, around that age, too. She’s still running them today, so keep modeling great behavior for her.
Ok gotta go see what’s up w/ Lindsay!
seriously awesome! she’s gonna be so super speedy when she grows up. she’ll probably be setting records by the time she’s 3!
Cheers to the first lady! She’ll be a force when she unleashes that closet speed.
i LOVE IT! she’s gonna be an amazing racer just like her daddy! and thanks so much for the link love!
Oh man! She’s adorable!! Too cute! :) I see a long running career in her future.
Awww I love it! Congrats to the First Lady :)
Oh my, I love the photo of you and The First Lady. So cute and such a proud moment for you! My 3 year old just finished his 1 mile race this year and I loved running by his side. Great memories!
So so precious! Congrats on this milestone. Sounds like a really fun day for the family :)