Monday
Jun222009
Ellie's Run Update - A week late
Monday, June 22, 2009 at 09:46PM
Sorry this took me a week to post. Quite lamely, I wanted to gather pictures before I posted. So for an entire week I have been crawling through the jungles of Nashville, camo vest, black paint on my face, machete in my teeth, just hunting and gathering these elusive photos.
Now that I've captured these wild beasts I can tell you THANK YOU! You helped me raise $395. My goal was $250. That's $5 shy of 15 African children in school next year. So cool to be a part of this. So without further adieu, the photos...
My family and I before the race. Sadie just learned how to wink.
Here's Sadie talking to Mandy Mann about who knows what. Probably princesses.
My Dad, who ran the race too (!) and I with the girls afterwards.
Ella and one of her best friends cruising to the finish line in the Kids Run.
Sadie and I crossing the finish line for the Kids Race. (Confession: I carried her 96% of the way, and I got tired so we cheated.)
And now to what's really important. Mr. Andrew Peterson started bragging all over the internet that he would beat me. I could not let this happen. So it was an actual race. For about two miles we were neck and neck. Then we were both tired, so we just ran next to each other, not trying to win. Then we got another burst of energy, declared that we would cross the finish line together, holding hands, and then both sprinted as hard as we could hoping the other believed them. Then we crossed the finish line. I thought he won. He thought I won. We both thought that we would puke.
Who are these girls? They're not even breathing hard?
The final results:
A tie. To the second. NEXT YEAR, PETERSON! NEXT YEAR YOU'RE MINE!
Now that I've captured these wild beasts I can tell you THANK YOU! You helped me raise $395. My goal was $250. That's $5 shy of 15 African children in school next year. So cool to be a part of this. So without further adieu, the photos...
My family and I before the race. Sadie just learned how to wink.
Here's Sadie talking to Mandy Mann about who knows what. Probably princesses.
My Dad, who ran the race too (!) and I with the girls afterwards.
Ella and one of her best friends cruising to the finish line in the Kids Run.
Sadie and I crossing the finish line for the Kids Race. (Confession: I carried her 96% of the way, and I got tired so we cheated.)
And now to what's really important. Mr. Andrew Peterson started bragging all over the internet that he would beat me. I could not let this happen. So it was an actual race. For about two miles we were neck and neck. Then we were both tired, so we just ran next to each other, not trying to win. Then we got another burst of energy, declared that we would cross the finish line together, holding hands, and then both sprinted as hard as we could hoping the other believed them. Then we crossed the finish line. I thought he won. He thought I won. We both thought that we would puke.
Who are these girls? They're not even breathing hard?
The final results:
A tie. To the second. NEXT YEAR, PETERSON! NEXT YEAR YOU'RE MINE!
Reader Comments (11)
These pictures are great. I can't wait until I can run with my little girls. Your pace is about the same as mine. I'm usually in the 32-33 min. range, too.
Way to go guys, it looks like it was actually a three-way tie with one Janet Savoie, a 60-year-old woman.
FAIL
She was first in her age division!
LOL! I would have loved to see that final sprint. I can hear the chariots of fire music as both Andy's are neck and neck and the camera pans over to reveal Ms. Janet Savoie (all in slow motion of course) and the three of you cross the finish line at exactly the same time!
I want your dad's shirt.
Looks like a lot of fun. There needs to be proactive sponsering next year, where people can bed on an Andrew with their donation $, and based on the results the funds will go to the appropriate person.
Peterson had the advantage of 10 digits in his shoes....that's just cheating.
Jud, that shirt was given to me by the Red Cross in 2003 for giving blood, hence the "type" question, and is VERY sweat saturated. So, be careful what you ask for!
The important thing here is that our money and time went to Kingdom work in Africa. Another important thing is that I let him win.
Correction: I let him TIE.
Is it implied that there's a picture of you two Andys and Janet Savoie? In 3-way tie.
If there is, would you please post it on your blog?