H2C

Hood to Coast........here we come! Yesterday Robert and I did our last long run. We took the kids to Clint and Amy's and ran on the green belt down by their house. Wow! What a different run that is than pounding the hot pavement around our neighborhood. It is so beautiful down there by the river. It is shaded and cool. We saw two, large bucks on the river as well. Robert was pretty excited about that. Our 7 mile run went by quickly.

Tonight the team from Boise will meet at our house for dessert and planning for our big trip. We leave Thursday and head to Portland. I am nervous and excited. The run is going to be tough, but fun too. It will be nice to have an adult weekend and time with just Robert, but I know I am going to really miss my kids too. It will be a busy week getting ready to go. Mikkel, Robert's sister is coming to stay and take care of the kids. I am so grateful for her. She is the "fun" aunt and my kids are so excited to have her come.

Here's a video clip of the race we will be doing Friday and Sat.! Watching it will either motivate you to want to run a relay too, or make you think those who do are absolutely insane! I think it's a little bit of both!

http://www.hoodtocoastdocumentary.com/teaser/flash_medium/index.html

Robert and I try to include our kids in our training as much as we can. We take them for runs with us (one of us riding the bike with the trailer attached) or take them to the track with us. They have a lot of fun playing at the track while mom and dad run.

Payton snapping pics. of her nerdy parents.

Here's our water girl. She puts water bottles in her stroller and follows us for nice, water breaks.

Owen, always mimicking dad.

Robert and I were running around the track while the kids were yelling, "Go mom and dad!" It was so cute, but a little embarrassing too!

Of course, Avery sprinted around the track with Steal, her beloved stick horse!

So, 5 more days and it's race time.......Yikes!