Run a 5k? Check.

Day one in the Cities: Madisyn, Baylee, myself, & Whitney

Whit & I shopping like the professionals we are {not} in the Mall of America.

St. Paul Cathedral – The gorgeous church Whit & I went to mass at Saturday night.
{We also changed in the car in the parking lot right outside
& gave the greeters a bit of a show on accident. Oops!}

Bay & I stayed up till the wee hours of the morning making team shirts for all of us.
{Go Team Kicking Ass(phalt)!}

Bay’s inner B.A. came out as she wore her sunglasses at night, and flipped off my camera.

We arrived at the fair grounds bright and early,
with Bay & I {literally} running on only three hours of sleep.

We were only four of over 19,000 who ran the Color Run in St. Paul Sunday morning!
{So. many. runners!}

The four of us looking rather clean before the race!

Bay made me run/jog the entire thing with her.
{Well, all but less than 1/4 of a k I power walked next to her.}

We finished!
{& more importantly, survived!}

Bay ended the run looking a little something like Braveheart.
{Her left contact was dyed completely blue! Ha, that’s one way to get colored contacts!}

The four of us all colored up.
{Hehe, let’s just say we got some funny looks every time
we stopped at a gas station on the way home!}

The weekend was absolutely wonderful, and the race, although definitely challenging for someone as out of shape as me, was 110% worth doing! It was a very laid back and fun experience, and I would recommend the Color Run to anyone who wants to run a 5k for the first time! The best part of the entire weekend was the emotional high I had after finishing. It’s a great feeling, knowing you can accomplish something like that.

Hope all of your weekends were just as wonderful!

Always,
L.A.

P.S. I meant to post this yesterday, but once I got home from work I crashed almost instantly and slept a whopping fourteen hours through the night!