Today was the "I Topped The Rock 5K" in Castle Rock. I ran it last year for the first time and wanted to come back for more. We had plans of making it a fun family day but both of my girls have been really sick so they stayed with Grandparents. Since we didn't have to girls, Jason decided he'd run it with me too. I think he's just happy he doesn't have to run next Saturday since I'm doing the half marathon :)A couple pics before we left.
The above shot is "The Rock." At roughly over 2 miles in you head up the trail to climb this. Below is another shot of the rock on part of the course.
I was very excited to see that The Gifford Family was there. My friend Clarissa ran the 5K too. She ran the Seattle Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon last June and did awesome.
I was so happy to have other people at an event besides just me. After the 5K they had a kids run. Clarissa's daughters, Savannah & Jillian both ran in that. Savannah(below)took second. Congrats Savannah!!!!
All of the below shots were taken after we finished the 5K. I never get to run with anyone so all three of us ran together. It was a lot of fun. We "topped the rock" which was a very steep and muddy mess. It was fun though and made you appreciate how easy the rest of the course really was after you climbed down. I have to check my Garmin for our finish time. We were averaging roughly a 10 minute mile before we took on The Rock. I do know we ran 3.25 instead of 3.1. Why is is that a race is always longer that advertised instead of shorter???
The above shot is "The Rock." At roughly over 2 miles in you head up the trail to climb this. Below is another shot of the rock on part of the course.
I was very excited to see that The Gifford Family was there. My friend Clarissa ran the 5K too. She ran the Seattle Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon last June and did awesome. 
I was so happy to have other people at an event besides just me. After the 5K they had a kids run. Clarissa's daughters, Savannah & Jillian both ran in that. Savannah(below)took second. Congrats Savannah!!!!
All of the below shots were taken after we finished the 5K. I never get to run with anyone so all three of us ran together. It was a lot of fun. We "topped the rock" which was a very steep and muddy mess. It was fun though and made you appreciate how easy the rest of the course really was after you climbed down. I have to check my Garmin for our finish time. We were averaging roughly a 10 minute mile before we took on The Rock. I do know we ran 3.25 instead of 3.1. Why is is that a race is always longer that advertised instead of shorter???We all sprinted to the finish. Clarissa's husband, Doug, actually took several great shots of us at the start and at the finish. Once I get the action shots I'll get them posted.
Once we picked up the girls and came home, Makenna wanted to take pics of me with my shirt. She's getting pretty good with the camera. Once you "top the rock" you get a bracelet before heading back down. I was very excited that the shirts and bracelet for this year were GREEN :)
Once we picked up the girls and came home, Makenna wanted to take pics of me with my shirt. She's getting pretty good with the camera. Once you "top the rock" you get a bracelet before heading back down. I was very excited that the shirts and bracelet for this year were GREEN :)
Here's a pretty cool website with pics of The Rock/Cowlitz River/Castle Rock.
3 comments:
great pics!
Congrats. Cool bracelet! Neat that you get it at the top. I am sure it was fun to run with everyone.
Great photos too.
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loving all the photos!!
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