Skirts in the Dirt

As promised, an entire post on the race I ran with my almost cousins.  I have these three beautiful, put-together, witty, smart, clean (their parents always got a cabin at the family reunions so they were always clean with cute hair while my sister and I camped with our parents so we were just dirty), and in every other way amazing first cousins once removed (my dad's cousins).  Seriously, when I have to go somewhere like a wedding or office party and have to look cute, I go through their blogs and try to buy their outfits.  They are also all sisters.   In case you can't tell from the above description, I basically idolize them.

One of the proposed activities for the Robins Reunion was a 5K natural obstacle course, which Kelly (on the far right) was coordinating.  Obviously I had to run this race because Laura, Kelly and Leigh were.  But I had to put my training on hold for the month of July due to crazy school and not bringing my BOB with me to Utah. So then I almost backed out.  But then Laura and Kelly asked me specifically if I was going to run the race.  It was like the Prom Queen and the Homecoming Queen asking me to their sleep over--how could I say no?  I was super excited/nervous because in addition to being beautiful etc as listed above, they are all training for a marathon and run half marathons like every day.  And then there was me.  I'm lucky to get 3 miles in four times a week.  But I had to do it.

Race day arrived and, of course, Kelly and Laura show up in matching outfits.  Luckily for me, Leigh missed the memo so I wasn't the only odd ball out.  And then we ran the race.  It was a fun course--it reminded me a lot of my high school courses in that there were a ton of stairs but with a river and a bunch of logs in the way.  I survived, held my own, and had a good time.  The point is: I ran a race with Kelly, Laura and Leigh.  So thanks for the honor ladies. 

ps--here's my score information--(I got 7th place overall coming in at 32:58.5)