Snow and a 10K Rap

Friday afternoon STEB got a pedicure. What?

Prepping her toes for the 10K race – what a nut!

Saturday morning early, well before the crack

She picked up RBug and they hit the road. It was not whack!

Richmond, Virginia was their final destination

To run the MonumentAve 10K, would they see the sun? 

Got lucky with parking and ended up at a church

Thankfully they didn’t get towed, as it would’ve put them in a lurch!

Guess what? The sun was shining - it was warm standing in the rays

Finally, it was time to do a bag check and get lined up for their wave

STEB and RBug are ready to run!

The timing was perfect, as once they got to the corrals

Their wave was going off and they didn’t have to hang around!

STEB was not sure how her knee would hold up

Would she be able to finish? Or have to suck it up, buttercup?

Running along they saw lots of fun costumes and things…

Heard lots of great bands - you never know what this race will bring!

One of STEB's favorites is the VCU Athletics Band, 

They are called The Peppas, and are rockin' with energy. It's grand!

At the turn around they ran through a little squall of snow!

And heading back they saw Magnum10k, don’t you know?  

STEB in her AU hat heard a lot of "War Eagle" as she ran along 

Usually with RBug it’s the other one, which is so wrong! 

Around mile 5 they heard the song "Time Warp" being played 

But it didn’t get them magically to the finish line, we’re afraid

STEB and the RBug managed to run a negative split

Did STEB’s knee hurt? Yes, a little bit

But she made it to the finish, and was strong

And got some ice on that knee before too long

Monument Ave 10K - check! And in the same shoes!

The good news is she is no worse for wear

By next month she should be good to go – beware!

We've said it before, Sports Backers knows how to put on an event 

Were there plenty of port-a-potties? Yes – always heaven sent!

The bag check and drop off was a very organized process!

It's OK if you need to go back to add something you forgot, we confess…

The volunteers and cheer peeps were wonderful as always

Especially out there in the crazy weather, supporting the running craze! 

STEB was happy to have run this race for the fourth time straight

Will she come back in 2017? Who knows, but if so it’ll be great!

On Saturday STUR arrived at the Mt. Vernon Trail and what do you know?

Sure enough the skies opened up and it began to snow!!

She got out of the car and off she went -

For getting in a run she was hell bent!

She got in just a tiny bit under eight -

Since the GW Parkway Classic 10-miler awaits!
At boot camp Sunday you had to really know your ABCs!
Each letter of your name corresponded to an exercise - whee!

Boot Camp ABCs? Yes!

For STUR it meant 80 burpees and 90 push-ups...
Was there also four minutes of wall sitting? Yup!
Later on Sunday, STUR and STEB met up at the Rec....
The Chinquapin Center if you had to guess! 
They both were psyched  to get their swim on -
So very glad it wasn't at the break of dawn!

STUR is ready to go; STEB is not quite there yet!

STUR is good at kicking butt in the water;
And STEB had fun trying to keep up with her!

Here's most of the swim workout!