Evan's Birthday Weekend!

For Evan's 31st birthday we decided to go to Salida for the weekend. We stayed overnight in an open space area by the river and camped.  Evan was able to get in mountain biking while I ran.  We also enjoyed downtown Salida for some great eats and beer.

Drive to Salida

Birthday boy + Scenic view

Our camping site for the weekend

Our super happy dog off the leash and close to the river

We stayed next to a historic spot (first Christmas tree from Colorado taken from this site)

Trail running

Evan's mountain biking photo 

We both got caught in storms while we were out but at least the storms were brief!

End of The Week Date Night...

Our new end of the week routine is going to the foothills for a trail run and then having a beer at the Cannonball Creek Brewery while usually eating something delicious from one of the 'Food Trucks' . It is one amazing way to finish up a week!

Green Mountain

Cannonball Creek Brewery 

My hot date :)

Memorable Mother-Daughter Marathon!

When my Mom said she wanted to do another marathon before she turned 60 I said that I would love to run with her!   On Sunday, April 21, 2013 my Mom and I ran in the Lansing Marathon and we met her goal race time of 5 hours. I will always remember the race and crossing the line together.  I am truly impressed that my Mom ran a marathon at 58 years old and afterwards looked like she ran an easy 5k Sunday run.  She is my inspiration! 

The marathon was also memorable due to having the tragic Boston Marathon bombings occurring a week before we ran the marathon.  Like all of the other runners racing we thought of those affected by the bombings before, during, and after the race. 

Day Before the Race...

Packet Pick Up

We also fit in a great shopping morning after we picked up our race packets.  After, Kent, Leslie, Anabelle, and Kaia arrived and we had a fun afternoon. 

 Fun at the park

Race Day...

The start line

 Running for the finish line!

 Finished!

My Dad was very helpful during the race. He road his bike and cheered us on at many different points of the race and we were especially happy when he had Coke at mile 20.  John and Nancy also came to cheer us on at the end of the race and then we all went out for a nice lunch at Clara's.