After the October marathon, I signed up for this race to keep me honest and provide an excuse for the family to get away. Indianapolis is about a 2 hour drive from Champaign and I had been wanting to check it out and have the kids try the Children's Museum. This race accomplished both and was just the medicine our family needed to reconnect and enjoy each other.
The kids loved the race swag and couldn't get enough of the Santa hat and beard. They both wore it and I decided to not join the rest of the crowd and wear it during the run in order to preserve it for the kids.
I also for some reason decided to wear this green shirt, even though almost every other runner wore the race shirt to look like Santa. Note to self: where the Santa shirt next time! I stood out as the grinch with a lovely tutu that Cass lent me.
I ran the race with Mike. We weren't sure if we would stay together, but our paces were in tune today and we brought each other up. He seems to be my good luck charm. I was moderately trained for this race, but was definitely far from PR shape, we came in at 2:16 with a 10:26 average. We had a few slow miles and some others that were pretty quick (for me at least). They had cookies and M and Ms along the course, which were both great for me! Overall it was a fun race.
I made it back to the hotel with 30 minutes before check out to take a shower and then head out to the Children's Museum.
I would love to do this race again next year.
