Wet N' Wild 5k with the Family

This was a really fun race! Its a loop around a park but ends with going through a water park play ground pool thingy. 

I fell within the first 5 minutes and hurt my ankle, but Blake stayed with me this time and I kind of just pushed through until it stopped hurting.

And Dad pushed the kids the whole time, so I was able to wade through the pool thingy (he didn't want to get wet). Peter and Paul were fastest (as always) and they both did an awesome job.

 

Independence Day 5k with My Family

 So even though Peter and I had run together before, this was the first race I ran with both my Barrera brothers and my dad. The boys were way fast (Peter tried to stay with me at first, but then he took off and tried to place) and Dad pushed the stroller the entire time, Blake found two friends from Spain so I was running solo most of the time. I ran it in under an 50 minutes, which is pretty good for me.

It was mostly just fun being with my Dad and brothers with Blake and the kids. 

Run like a princess Ariel 5K

 I am obsessed with this medal and my awesome tee.

Girls on the Go San Diego 5k

 Rachel and I traveled down to San Diego, and ran this awesome 5k, sponsored by Flex it Pink. This is the first race I've "traveled" for. Well, really I just went down to my Dad's beach house for the night, but it counts!

Rachel had fun. :D

I also got to meet the Flex it Pink ladies. 

FroYo 5k with the Family : 5k #9

The FroYo 5K has been 100% my favorite so far!

Preview Photo

I was expecting a huge crowd like the bubble race, but since this was the FroYo's first year, it was a modest size and I hope it doesn't get too big. 

The tattoos weren't in the swag bag, they were just kind of laying around on some of the tables, so we grabbed them.

They had some fun Pre Race group warm ups, but it was Zumba and I stood there for about 30 seconds before I accepted I was no where coordinated or quick enough to follow so I bowed out. Blake rocked it though. 

We then kind of hung out in our "wave" corral for about 20 minutes. 

 ... But there was a photographer roaming, so it was cool.

When we took off, I told Blake to just go b/c I wanted to concentrate and run and not really socialize. Plus I knew he would try to push me harder and I would just poop out sooner.

I didn't get any race picture because I don't know how to be that coordinated yet. It takes all my efforts just to tell myself to keep running. But they got a GREAT finishing picture of Blake and the Kids (that water bottle is about to hit Kaleb in the head)

With me however...

I'm the blurry background of this guy's awesome picture... wa wa.

But that doesn't matter, because check my time peeps! 

Best eva!

I've been talking to my friend Emily a lot about not straining yourself and running correctly, so I knew I wasn't going to push harder than I felt comfortable this race, but I kept my pace steady and I found that hills don't slow me down as much as others. I'm not super fast, but my legs can push me up and carry me up the hills without slowing down much (if i'm not pushing the stroller)

Blake met me when I was at the end (he finished before me, of course) and cheered which helped me sprint to finish line. 

I'm just a little proud of myself. (yup, thats froyo on my face)

Blake was pretty proud of himself too. He finished at 30.39 min. And that with a stroller and taking walking breaks. 

Kaleb was bribed with FroYo to stay in the stroller. 

He complied and was rewarded. 

 I tried to share mine with Rachel, but she was alseep... oh well. :D

 This was Rachel's face when she woke up and realised I had eaten all the FroYo.

 But I shared kisses with her ...

 So did Blake.

These are our slap bracelets. They are awesome and Kaleb loved them. Long live the slap bracelets!

 I told Kaleb to say "we're #1" but he said "No mommy, I'm 3!"

Seriously good SWAG. Especially that hat! built in sweat band. *fancy*

Honestly, I LOVED this run. It was awesome and well organized. It had all the perks of a fun run, but I was still able to run a good pace with no weird obstacles in my way.

It was awesome. Just can't wait for next year!