Girls on the Run

Ash had the opportunity to participate in Girls on the Run this year. It was a great experience for her. She wasn't that crazy about the running but she loved the self confidence lessons and the bonding time with her friends, and she had great coaches that she raved about.

Last night was the finally of the event all the girls from the greater Kalamazoo area participated in the 5K run/walk. There was a little more than 2000 girls and then another 2000+ community participants, mainly parents of the girls. Let me just say it was crazy and packed. We saw a lot of our friends from other schools and church too, it was a great time not only for Ashleigh but for the family too!




Here is Ashleigh and her BFF Avery before the run. Avery's hair is spay painted orange, thankfully Ashleigh opted for polka dots in hers so you can't see them here, but it was much easier to wash out last night.

(still haven't figured out how to rotate, help!) The stands in the background were not full when I took this picture,but as soon as the race started they were full of spectators!

After the race, they did it in about 50 minutes, not bad at all, considering Tricia said they probably walked half of it.They came in about middle of the pack. Aunt Tricia is such a trooper, she ended up running with Ash. Originally John was going to run with her but of course he got an alarm call just as we arrived. I didn't have anything with me to go with Ash, but Aunt Tricia was on her way and just happened to have her workout clothes and running shoes with her in her car, so she ran with Ash. Good thing she is a regular runner, so the 5K was no problem for her! However she was not expecting an interval run though, Ash kept making her stop to walk. At the end they were pooped!

I promise Tricia to never give you a guilt trip when the kids want you to come stay with them and you can't (at least for this week!) But hey as you said you got to see some HOT cops along the course!!!