Saturday, July 7, 2007

Takin' on the Mountain

Team Relay...six runners...34.3 miles in the blazing mountain sun...3992 feet of vertical gain...sounds like the perfect challenge for the Siblings United!


Start: Clock Tower in Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA


At the starting line. Yikes! I'm in the Land of Giants. If you can't see me, it's because I'm...well...short.


I know it looks like I'm floating above the pavement, but it certainly never felt like it.


Jacob's run was supposed to be all flat. . .


. . . but it doesn't look very flat to us.


We cheer for Taylor.


Micah takes off!


He really is floating--check out that stride!


Benjamin had one of the steepest runs. See the runner way behind him?


Isaac crosses the finish line.



Here we are looking not quite as chipper as we did at the beginning of the race. . .


. . . but we had awesome cheerleaders.



Finish: Summit of Mt. Spokane



We spent Saturday morning running this race and placed 7th out of 17 ACOGON (any age, any number, any gender) teams. Total time running: 4 hours and 57 minutes. Will we run it again? I don't know, maybe. We'll think about it...after our blisters heal.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Budding Author on the Rise

Whoa! I leave home for one little month and look what happens. . .

Regenerated Magazine Essay Contest

Check out the second place winner. By the way, I'm not sure how long it would have taken him to find out he had won if I hadn't come home yesterday. He won last week and didn't even know it. Okay, I just have to brag: I have awesome brothers.