Race Day

Saturday we watched Mom & Col run in the Richmond 8k & Half Marathon.

They ran so fast I couldn't catch them in any photos while they were running!

Here we all are chatting after the race though.

The runners did a great job!!

 The fans went wild for Team Sheppard!  Asher was so bummed that he forgot his Team Sheppard hat in the car! 

 Asher seemed to want to get down and run too.  He has a very fast walk but hasn't quite managed to run yet.  He'll be in a toddler trot race soon enough!

 A good picture of Chris!  It does look a little like he's posing for a senior portrait!

Running to Key West

 

I spent Saturday morning running the Charlottesville Women's 4 Miler, and Chris and Asher spent the morning cheering on the runners. 

We are coming up on half way to Key West and are building up our mileage much more rapidly now!  We've made it almost to Savannah, Georgia.

 

Miles We've Run                     Miles to Go

     526                               647

Still Running to Key West

After taking a bit of a hiatus, we're continuing our push to run to Key West. 

I've signed up for the women's four miler, and Chris and I have both signed up for the Lynchburg 10 miler, so hopefully we'll see our mileage start adding up as we train for the races.

It's going to be us runners versus the hot weather for awhile though. 

Miles We've Run          Miles to Go
        247                            926

Next stop, South Carolina border. 

Running to Key West

Notice anything unusual in my fruit bowl?

That's a coconut in there!!

I always thought coconuts were brown & fuzzy, but apparently there's a smooth green pod around them. 

This one came to me straight from Key West, Florida!!  My friend Jewel winters in Key West every year (I know, so lucky) and brought this back to me when she returned to Virginia last week.  She knocked it down from a palm tree right on her own property!

She recommended pounding a screwdriver into it to get to the juice.  That sounds a little challenging, so for now I'll just admire it on my kitchen counter & dream of my own visit to the Keys. 

Speaking of which, we're making some real progress as we Run to Key West. 

Miles We've Run                 Miles to Go

   190                                   983

We've made it all the way to Rocky Mount, North Carolina!  Check out the map at this link:

http://mapq.st/fjSXd1

Next stop: South Carolina!

Running to Key West

Back by popular demand, we will be tracking our mileage as we run to Key West!  We really need to focus on sunny Key West after the cold weekend we just had.  Hopefully we won't have any more scenes like this until next December.

Here's the update. 

Miles We've Run   Miles to Go

   124                 1049

We've made it just about to Emporia, Virginia, which means we're only a short distance away from the North Carolina border! 

I'm planning to really up my weekly mileage soon.  This time I mean it!  Saturday morning I'll be running in the Monument Avenue 10k along with 41,000 other people.  It should be very motivating to be in a sea of runners! 



Running to Key West

Hello.  Here we are today.  Actually this picture is from yesterday when it was warm & breezy & wonderful, and we were so happy to be home "celebrating" President's Day. 

Today we were back to scraping the ice from our windshields and back to work.  I didn't take any photos because we probably would have all been grimacing in them! 

Okay, we've started moving along in our run to Key West.

Maybe I can create a visual to track where we are along the way.  I think I'll wait on that until we've at least gotten out of central Virginia though!

Miles we've Run          Miles to Go

  48                           1125

Once we get to Key West, we'll be happier than this...

In other news, Asher is working on learning to drink from a sippy cup.  He's very interested in the cup but hasn't figured it out yet.  He finds it much easier & more fun to drink bath water out of a cup in the tub though.  By the way, those are just green beans under his nose!

And here he is using the "no hands" technique.  It's not really working for him! 

Running to Key West

If you haven't heard, my family is Running to Key West.  We're collectively running the number of miles from home to Key West, and rewarding ourselves with a trip there. 

It looks like we're off to a slow start, and I must confess that I've had a cold and haven't contributed any miles to the total this week! 

Here's where we stand.

Miles we've Run         Miles to Go

      17                        1156

At this rate, we'll be hitting the beach in 194 weeks! 

I believe that's in October 2014. 

Time to stop blogging and go for a run!