Runnin the Trails / Races with Lil and Leigh!!

So, where to begin. Well, I'd like to put out there a HUGE shout out to Lillie and Leigh for running with me for the past 17 weeks on the trails, and participating in some awesome trail runs.

We ran the Half-Wit Half last August (Lillie and I), and then we ran the Ghoul's and Fools in October. Leigh joined us in November and we ran the Dirty Bird, and then we ran the Chilly Cheeks, the Squirrelly Wail Twail Half, and finally the Ugly Mudder. We'll be running Mt. Penn Mudfest in April and the Frederick Half Marathon in May.

These two young ladies have been awesome to run with - just a pure joy to be around, great to coach and I can't express how much they have inspired me to keep running strong this past winter! "Thanks Girls!!"

So, I'd like to give a pictorial tribute below. These are some of the pictures we took while on our trail runs. You'll notice a few are from Dunkin Donuts too! LOL

So, here we go!

 This is Lillie before the run right after we got our shirts. It was still a bit light here, but it got dark quick! The run was ran on October 22, 2011.

Here's Lillie after the race - she finished in awesome time - 1:02 and in 135th place out of 413 runners! WOW!! Great time! :-)

We then set off for the Dirty Bird run - and here is an awesome picture from this run - Lillie and Leigh!

After the Dirty Bird run, we went to the Chilly Cheeks! This was an awesome run!! WOW! Here are the two girls - I only got finish line pics though.

 So, here is Leigh! She ran GREAT! Her time at the Cheeks run was 1:17 and 178th place out of 580 runners!! What a great performance Leigh!!!

Here is Lillie chugging up the hill (they were MONSTER hills). Lil finished in an awesome time of 1:11 and 112th place out of 580 runners - WOW - what an awesome finish for a 12 year old!! :-) Way to go Lil!

Then, we moved on to our next race, which was the Squirrelly Wail Twail Half. We had a blast at that run - not as muddy, but was it ICY!! About 12 of the 13.1 miles was nothing but ICE!

So, here are a few pictures form the Twail Run:

Lillie:

Lil finished the Squirrelly in 46th place out of 150 and in a time of 1:14. Awesomeness!!!!

And, Leigh - this was her very first half marathon - and she did a wonderful job - two days after falling ill to a mystery bug. But she really persevered and was totally GREAT! What an awesome job! Way to go Leigh!!

Here she is:

 Leigh getting ready before the race! :-) What a great smile!

Sorry the picture is blury, but isn't this a great picture! Right after the half, and she is still smiling!! Leigh ran her first half and finished in 76th place out of 150, in a time of 1:24!!! Nice work!!

Pics of the Ugly Mudder will be forthcoming - and I'll get those together of the Dirty Bird too. Enjoy the pics - :-)

NEW 3.20.2012

Well, we can't have all race photos up here, right? Some funny one's would be nice as well. So, here they are!

We ran the half-marathon race and I left a roll of toilet paper in the car. Here is what happened at the local Thurmont BK with said roll:

As you can see, we certainly do have fun running trails!!! :-)