This past week, we actually had a few days at home! Gabe, my dad and a few friends got in a round of golf at Sugarloaf on a gorgeous day. We were able to get quite a few things checked off our summer bucket list including: playing with chalk and dancing in the rain. We had to find just the right balance of warmth and rain without thunder, which can be challenging at this time of year. One evening it worked out perfectly and the kids (and Gabe) had an absolutely fantastic time!
Friday we traveled to Portland for a day at the beach with friends followed by picking up our registration packets for the Beach to Beacon 10K. The next morning Gabe and I participated in (and finished) our first 10K. There was a time last winter and this spring that I was a better runner than Gabe. I had been consistently running and he occasionally had a hard time keeping up with me over a distance. We both signed up for the Beach to Beacon. During the race I kept us on pace and at one point had to tell Gabe to suck it up and get running. We got to the last mile, I felt great and realized that I probably should have been running at a faster pace, so I started sprinting. I ran through the finish line not knowing where Gabe was, but knowing that he wasn't in front of me. For the first time in the 16+ years I have known him, I had finally beat him at something... Neither of us said anything about the finish as we visited the booths, had snacks and got on the shuttle buses back to our car. On the shuttle I checked my email and got my finish time. Then Gabe got his... he finished 1 second BEFORE me!!! When I looked at him he had a huge smile on his face, was laughing and said, "I tried to make it so we finished at exactly the same time. I could barely keep up, I was on the other side." As it turned out I crossed the starting line just before him... So, all is well with the universe, I will just have to try and find something else to best him at;)
In all seriousness, the Beach to Beacon was an exciting and gorgeous race and we would love to do it again! Saturday afternoon we arrived home to have a BBQ and campfire with Nannie, Grandpa, Aunt Amy, Trey, Lily and the Casey's. Oh, and the FedEx guy who gratefully accepted our s'more offer after he delivered us a package at 7:00pm on a Saturday night:)
Friday we traveled to Portland for a day at the beach with friends followed by picking up our registration packets for the Beach to Beacon 10K. The next morning Gabe and I participated in (and finished) our first 10K. There was a time last winter and this spring that I was a better runner than Gabe. I had been consistently running and he occasionally had a hard time keeping up with me over a distance. We both signed up for the Beach to Beacon. During the race I kept us on pace and at one point had to tell Gabe to suck it up and get running. We got to the last mile, I felt great and realized that I probably should have been running at a faster pace, so I started sprinting. I ran through the finish line not knowing where Gabe was, but knowing that he wasn't in front of me. For the first time in the 16+ years I have known him, I had finally beat him at something... Neither of us said anything about the finish as we visited the booths, had snacks and got on the shuttle buses back to our car. On the shuttle I checked my email and got my finish time. Then Gabe got his... he finished 1 second BEFORE me!!! When I looked at him he had a huge smile on his face, was laughing and said, "I tried to make it so we finished at exactly the same time. I could barely keep up, I was on the other side." As it turned out I crossed the starting line just before him... So, all is well with the universe, I will just have to try and find something else to best him at;)
In all seriousness, the Beach to Beacon was an exciting and gorgeous race and we would love to do it again! Saturday afternoon we arrived home to have a BBQ and campfire with Nannie, Grandpa, Aunt Amy, Trey, Lily and the Casey's. Oh, and the FedEx guy who gratefully accepted our s'more offer after he delivered us a package at 7:00pm on a Saturday night:)
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