Cross-country Season

 

3rd Place!

Avery got 3rd place at districts for the 200 meter dash! Good Job Avery!

 

Robert Stuart Cross Country Team

Avery has always been really fast even though she isn't that tall for her age, she sure knows how to book it! It is so fun to watch her get better and faster with each race she did. A  few pictures of Avery and her team doing stretches and running through out the season.

 

Outlaws

Christy thought it would be a good idea to spend a beautiful August Saturday on a 14.5-mile torture fest of pain.  So she signed us up for an ultra-half marathon called "The Outlaw."  The quote for the race was, "Run like the posse is on your trail."  So Dan and I decided to dress up like two old-timey outlaws in our red long john's and our water bottle guns with holsters.  We were ready to ride.  Now, many of you may think that running whilst wearing long johns would seem a very bad idea, but what happened was the complete opposite.  The wind flowed right through the fabric and kept our nether regions nice and comfortable. Dan cut his extra short.  hee hee hee. We all did pretty well for the first 5 miles or so, but Christy took multiple tumbles after that and we all started to get pretty tuckered out. We came down a hill and saw some photographers near the end and they told us we only had a little farther to go.  By this time, we were over 14 miles into this horrific pain fest and we were starting to shut down, but with this announcement, we got a second wind.  We rode on to the road, riding sticks like they were stallions.  Then we discovered that it was still like 1/2 mile to the end.  Immediately, Dan cramped up and almost collapsed.  Christy and I mentally shut down and I wanted to go crawl under a tree and die. But we pushed through and came out victorious. It was an experience I will never forget and will never ever want to repeat.

Black Light Bubble Run Party

I found out about this fun race through some friends and I thought, Heck?! Why not!? My mom came over from Pocatello and joined us in the race. There was a 3K and a 5K, we just did the 1K, but I think the girls had enough strength and endurance that we probably could have done the 5K. Oh, well. Next year! They loved the bubbles at the end and the dancing. However, the music was so loud that it hurt our ears. So we only stayed for about 20 minutes and took off. But it was a fun experience and I love trying and doing things with the girls.