Every year there is a 5k race held in downtown Jacksonville called the “Run for the Pies”. If you run it super fast (or what I consider to be super fast – 3.1 miles in around 22 minutes or less) you win a pie as you cross the finish line. Nathan has run it several times in the past and has even won a pie. Not this year though. We are both pretty out of shape, although I don’t think that I could run a 5k in 22 minutes even if I was in peak condition!!!! This year he ran it for fun, along with a group of people that he works with. The kids and I decided to go with him and cheer him on. Funny thing is, we didn’t exactly do a lot of cheering – mostly just waiting. But somehow we still managed to have a lot of fun.
See, this is us waiting under an underpass for a quick rain shower to pass.
We made a run for it to get inside the shopping area and wait for people from Nathan’s work to arrive. We got a little wet, but Layton seem to enjoy the mad dash in the sprinkling rain. Gladly it stopped raining very shortly after that.
This is us waiting for the race to start by killing some time in a full little toy store, which we amazing left empty handed. Still not sure how we managed that, but awfully glad just the same.
This is us waiting for the elite race to finish. To run the elite race you had to have a qualifying time from a previous race and the men that ran the 5k in less than 16.5 minutes and the women that ran in less than 20 minutes got new running shoes!
Waiting and smelling the flowers.
Layton was so relaxed enjoying the waiting that he decided to take a little nap.
Oh, the excitement the race is about to begin.
Now, we’re waiting some more.
Waiting and talking about tree bark.
Waiting and talking about what princess Mandy wants to be. I think she settled on Ariel. Although Cinderella came in a close second. I wonder who would win if they ran a race??
Waiting and talking about why sticks fall off trees.
But wait – what is this we see…..Nathan is coming down the last little stretch to the finish line!
Yay! The waiting is over! Or not. Nathan is walking over to tell us that now we need to wait for all the other people from his work to finish so that they can take a picture together.
They do make a fun looking little group don’t they. And honestly, it has been a long time since I have had that much fun – just waiting.
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Fun? Probably.
Sweaty? Definitely!
LOL
Way to go Nathan! Looks like a Fun day! You had a Great cheering Squad! Opps Kelly
The first picture of Nathan with the kids is hilarious! He looks miserable! Maybe he was questioning "why would I do this?" Good for him for running the pie race without a pie at the end of his race!
How long did you have to wait?! It looked like the sun was shining in the first few pictures and then all of the sudden it was dark. Bless your heart! I still don't get the concept of calling it a "pie race" and there is really no pie. I would not be motivated to run this race without a pie at the end...what a tease!
Casey - yeah, I don't know why Nathan is looking so grumpy in that picture. Maybe the rain put him in a bad mood for a moment. But then it stopped and all was well again.
Kylia - we got there at about 7:00 and then the race started at 8:00, so by the time everyone finished it was almost 9:00, so yeah it was pretty dark. But even with all that waiting, the kids and I really did have a good time walking around and just talking about whatever popped into their heads :) My kids are pretty funny about what they think of and ask me about!
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