This week our training schedule had us back off the mileage and called for a short 2.5 miler. Perfect timing because when I saw an advertisement for the Ogden Santa Run I knew I had to throw on a suit and have a jolly ole time running as a Santa. Good times.
OK It was bitterly cold, until we started running, but it was so fun. We weren't really prepared with the outfits though. We wore what they provided, which was nothing more than a few pieces of red felt thrown together. I soon discovered my suit was not going to be fun to run in, not with the holes and all. They were so stretched out that I had to run holding them up the entire time. Not to mention that I carried a sack full of candy to throw at the kids watching the run. So I basically ran with no arm movement. My dad had one heck of a time with his suit too. His jacket kept falling off. It was so funny. We were running down the street and all of a sudden he yells at me, "Did my jacket just fall off?" It didn't but needless to say we were both distracted with all the costume malfunctions that running was more of a workout than it should have been. But having said that, we are already planning on next year's run. We already know what we will change in our big red suits to make it a more festive -and comfortable- run. :)
**STATS**
Distance: 3.1 miles
Time: 27:37.2
Pace: 8:54/min/mile
Temperature: 27 degrees
Time of day: 4:30 p.m.
The running crew included me, mom, dad, cousin Cari, and Aunt Jodi
Distance: 3.1 miles
Time: 27:37.2
Pace: 8:54/min/mile
Temperature: 27 degrees
Time of day: 4:30 p.m.
The running crew included me, mom, dad, cousin Cari, and Aunt Jodi
My dad made me put on the dreaded beard that kept getting in my mouth and eyes
My mom ran in with Ava, Gage & Landen
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