Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5k

On September 10th, nearly 30 ladies from the best running group around, Stroller Warriors, took part in the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Tower 5k.  If you have a minute, check out the backstory here.  It's truly touching and inspiring.

We gathered at the Jacksonville USO (oldest USO in the world!) and started the race around 9:15.  Luckily, Fil was willing to get up early with me and watch Reagan while I ran the 5k, so I donned my headphones, and took off close to the front of the group with some fellow Stroller Warriors.  I had aspirations of running somewhere in the vicinity of 24:30, but wasn't sure how I would fare sans stroller.  With guidance from our "fearless leader," Stephanie, I started out strong but not too fast.  As one mile turned into two, I was feeling great and decided to pick it up.  I ended up crossing the line in 22:11 (a post-baby PR for sure!) and was thrilled.  A huge thanks to my FIL for not only watching Reagan for me, but also taking pictures of all the SW runners.  

It was a great race and I was not only inspired by the story of Stephen Siller, but by the many local firefighters who completed the race in partial-to-full gear.  What a way to remember...

Our group shirts

Heading toward the finish line

Seriously awe-inspiring

Token picture of my little "stroller warrior" who is my favorite running partner

I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E!!

Several (but not all) of the Stroller Warriors who participated in the 5k

Comments

  1. LynseySeptember 19, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    Great Job, Jennifer! Congrats on the PR and love the picture of all your running buddies.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

NC Girls' Weekend

Image
Since Jason is out of town, we decided to schedule an impromptu girls weekend visit in North Carolina. It was great to see Lynsey & Colleen and their families. Jessica, the girls and I drove down Friday night and got to Lynsey's just before midnight. We didn't do much, but hang around the house and play outside on the first day. It was relaxing and fun. Brian was awesome and played with the kids while Jess, Lynsey & I did a workout in their amazing home gym. Colleen came up with the boys around lunch time on Saturday. All the kids fawned over Miles, or as they have names him, Baby My My. I think Savannah really enjoyed not being the youngest for a few days. Saturday night, we ordered pizza, ate way too much, and Grammy Betty came over. We haven't seen her in a long time and it was wonderful to chat with her again.  The next day, we woke up to some snow! We played outside again and the kids played well together which was nice for us adults. Colleen and the boys ...
Read more

Bath Time Fun

Image
Typically, after Jason gets home and eats dinner, he is on bath duty. It gives me 10 minutes to clean the kitchen, set up his coffee and make his lunch for the following day. One day last week though, everything was already done, so I snuck in to watch the fun. We recently got some Mr. Bubbles for Reagan and she LOVED them. She's such a cheeseball!
Read more

Bath Time: PAHM Style

Image
I've mentioned it before, but I will say it again: I love Play At Home Mom !!! This site is the best for ideas to interact with, engage, and teach your children. Reagan takes a bath almost every night. She has the typical assortment of toys (rubber boats, cups, a turtle, etc) to entertain her, but lately, she just leaves them in the bag. I decided to introduce some new things during bath time and they were a huge hit! Here are some pictures from our "adventures in bath fun." First up: BUBBLES ! It's a bit too cold to just hang out in the yard blowing bubbles, so I decided that bath time would be the perfect opportunity for a mess free bubble party! I LOVE this shot.  Secondly, (and straight from PAHM), I added: WATER BALLOONS !!! She absolutely loved when I poked a small hole in them and they became "water fountains!"
Read more