Chris has ran in several races this year and I wanted to show him off a bit.
On May 12th he ran in his first ever marathon in Lake Geneva, WI. For those of you who don't know, that is a whopping 26.2 miles! Crazy, if you ask me. He did really well given the toughness of the course (it was all hills). He ended up losing two of his toe nails due to the down slopes! He finished 11th overall out of 106 runners. He was 3rd in his age division with a time of 3:25:17 that is a 7:50 pace! He is excited to beat that time in Columbus this October and hopefully qualify for Boston. He has a goal.
On June 2nd he ran in the Mentone Egg Festival Eggcity 5k. He came in 2nd overall out of about 20 runners. He was first in his age division with a PR of 17:49. He came in 9 seconds behind a 17 year old track kid from Plymouth. He was so disappointed!
On June 23rd he participated in his first triathlon in Winona Lake. It was the Optimist Triathlon. He has participated as a team member doing the running portion for the last two years. He finished 84th overall out of 459 participants. He was 5th in his age division with a finishing time of 1:14:31. Not too shabby for his first time and not being able to train well for it. He only swam once and for about an 1/8 of a mile. He is looking to shave about 4 minutes off his time for next year. Some of my friends did it also. The picture has them in it as well. Great job Tonya, Lara, Nancy and Stacey!
Up next is the Muddy Buddy event in August and I am trying to talk him and Joey into doing the triathlon in Fontina, WI in September. Chris is all excited about it but I need to get Joey on board!
I attached a few photos for your viewing pleasure!
