Today was Chris' first ultra marathon. We packed the kids (and the unbelievable amount of gear needed to go anywhere with children) into the car and headed out this morning at 5:45 AM for Hagg Lake, about an hour South of us in Oregon. The drive and then the lake was incredibly beautiful and reminded us of why we love it so much here in the Northwest. (You should all move here!) Chris started the run at 8 AM and finished at about 1:30 PM. That's right, he ran for 5.5 hours straight! Sound fun to anyone else? Not me! As crazy as I think he is for doing it, I do totally respect him for being disciplined enough to train and then go through with the full 31 miles (that's a 50K, by the way!). Oh, and don't forget that I envy him for having 5.5 hours to himself! (Just a selfish side note there! =)) I'm pretty sure I would have started hitch-hiking as soon as the first hill made its appearance though. Or 2 miles... Whichever came first! So what is the madness behind it all, you ask? He's training for a 50 miler with his brother in Madison, WI in May. Crazy, I know! Anyway, he did awesome and was totally exhausted but happy with his run when he was finished. The kids and I actually missed him crossing the finish line because he finished about 30 minutes faster than we thought. His official time was 5 hours and 41 minutes. Cool! Oh, so a little side note... During the race the kids and I drove back about 45 minutes to a children's play place where we had a great hour. Then Cole decided to have the largest public tantrum that I have experienced as a parent. To make things more fun, Brody was screaming because Cole was screaming (can you believe that some girl pointed out to me that Brody was crying??? "Your baby is crying" she says. REALLY????!!!!!) and Payton decided to play Houdini in the jungle for about 10 minutes during it all. When she finally came out she couldn't find me since I was dealing with the terrors and the worker bees ended up paging "Emily, Payton's mom, to the lost children booth". Ahhh!!! That play time wasn't embarrassing or infuriating AT ALL!
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Can you believe people and their need to give you advice on parenting? You should have just told her to "move along" and shewed her away with your hand. I tried that once in Costco and it worked great! Nice job Crazy Man Chris. I'm proud of you. :~)
ReplyDeleteWow Chris and to think that I was amazed at myself for training for a 5k in May. I now think that my soul hurts a little. Emily I am sorry you have to put up with people and their amazing parental advice. Why do people do that?
ReplyDeleteHe's going to do 50 miles? Have you checked his sanity lately, I'm starting to worry!!! I'm super proud of you for ignoring the "supermom." I would have probably said something rude in return and regretted it later. What's with these back seat mothers?
ReplyDeleteholy crap, now that's an adventure! congrats on surviving the super-marathon (all of you). thanks for doing the blog, it's fun to keep track of what's going on--i keep thinking i should do one but it'd be soooo boring with no kids to write about:) "woke up went to school, fell,got up, went home..." love you guys
ReplyDeleteps--i love the stache! keep it going!
ReplyDeletePumpkins rock, by the way. Yes, that's from the Cole overhand pass video footage. What a stud! Nice job, brohem, on the 50K. You inspire! The blessing pics look great, too. You guys are beautiful...yes you are. Love ya- Dave and Shel
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