Huff and Puff 2009

Let me start this post out with a warning...if you have a weak stomach..do not look at the pictures below. They are of me...with no makeup on, after running 3.1 miles in the rain. So, there is the picture I have painted for you! Secondly, I would like to point out that I am a runner...but not like a real runner...I am a run in optimum 75 degree weather with a slight breeze runner. I am not a die hard, run in rain, snow, sleet and hail by any means. So, when I saw the forecast for this past weekend, I was hoping my other partner for the Huff and Puff would gracefully bow out and I could stay at home in the nice warm house. No such luck...and far be it from me to look like a sissy....no way! So, Micah and I and her father decided to form a relay team for the Huff and Puff this year. Her dad Stan got sick, and had to bow out...(If only I had been that lucky). So, we had to split up the run, Micah, bless her heart doing 10K and I finished it off with the last 5K...thank goodness for her, because I would not have made it 10K. It RAINED the whole time...it was awful! I think that is what motivated me to scoot along a little faster than normal...so I could get out of the rain! Long story short, we came in first place in the women's relay division....GO US!! Or, go Micah...she did all the hard work. Here are some shots from the event!!

Pre-race photo....




Am I smiling?? Yes, because I can see the finish line...and smell the pizza!!


My mother even came to stand out in the rain and watch us. How sweet!!


Two words....WET RATS!!


Here we are with our medals....I guess it was worth it to run in the rain!