A) Jess ran her first "real" race by doing the Carmel 5k a week and a half ago. I say "real" because it actually had more than 200 people. So far, she has done small races and I was curious how a bigger race such as this one would make her feel. The girls and I made signs and cheered as loud as we could. You could tell that Jess was nervous, but I was anxious for her. As I thought might happen, she admitted to going out a little fast. It's hard not to - a large crowd like that just gets your adrenaline going! Smartly she reeled it in and finished within about 20 seconds of her PR time. We were so proud of her! And now she has the bug to jump into another one ASAP.
After her race, we got some food and then found a spot around the 10 mile marker for the marathon (the what?). Ella wasn't done cheering, and we were still on a runner's high, so we got out and cheered on the rest of pack coming through all the way up to the pick-up bus. It was a blast... well, except for Ananbell. She is like a 90 year old woman and just wants to be at home.
B) We signed the girls up for the Indy 500 Rookie Run. The week after the mini (so about two weeks from now) the girls will get to run as part of the Indy 500 festivities. I think Annabell has to do like a 1/3 mile and Ella has slightly more. Since they have both run 5k's before, they probably won't have any trouble with the race but they do get cool finisher medals.
C) The Blue Man Group! Jess and I voyaged to Dayton this past weekend for a little getaway as she had bought me tix to see BMG. She had never seen them before, so I was curious what she might think - but she loved it! Those guys put on quite a show. OH - and before the show we ran into some Super Friends just across the street from the convention center....
D) Indy Mini is now 10 days 21 hours 55 minutes away... but let's not talk about that just yet. I don't want to get MY nerves going.
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