Exercise for fun = BLOOMSDAY!

I spoke of making exercise fun, right? Well, this last weekend I drove 400 miles round trip to participate in a run/walk called Bloomsday in Spokane, Washington! (Check out the race at http://www.bloomsday.org/).  Crazy, right?  My sister, my niece, my daughter and I all walked this in this 7.5 mile walk this year.  My brother-in-law RAN the crazy race and then WALKED it again with us!  We had a blast.  The only thing missing was my mother; she couldn't make it this year. 

My stats (just for fun!)
Finish Time: 2:43:45
Overall Place: 45,875 out of 50,611
Ran with a pace of 21:57 per mile
The average pace for 30-year-olds was 14:04
Placed 842nd among 915 people the same age
Placed 9th among 10 people from Arlee, MT
Placed 1,993rd among 2,117 people from Montana
Placed 33rd among 35 people with the same last name
Placed 27,429th among 30,568 females
Placed 551st out of 612 among 30-year-old females
Placed 2,607th out of 2,929 people in your age group

The city of Spokane, Washington.

Starting line!

The first hill of the race...

Looking behind us!  It is a good motivator to see so many people behind you!

Going up DOOMSDAY!

Only a 1/2 mile left!

These were in our registration bags so we all wore them in honor of my brother-in-law's brother who passed away last summer after a courageous right against colon cancer.