2017 Ludington Lakestride Half Marathon

The hubby decided on joining the half marathon in Ludington since it is very close (45 minute drive) from our lake house.

Click on this website half marathons to check on the event and the route.

       It was organized so runners were not crowded.  They have runners for half marathon, 10K and 5K.  Cars were parked a few blocks from the park and spectators near the finish line were not crowded as well. With the beach on one side, it was a great place to wait for the runners on their way back to the finish.

The hubby did great, almost break his own personal best.  Although he expected sandy route he was not prepped for the hills.

People break the Guinness Book  simultaneous sand angels on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Ludinton.(Photo: Jeff Photo: Jeff Kiessel / AP The Detroit News June 10, 2017 / AP

That afternoon, Ludington break a Guinness Book of record on Sand Angels.  Check out the sand angel event here.

Girls On The Run

Lyn was ecstatic to learn that she can finally join and that her schedule allowed her to join in Girls On The Run program.

Saturday, May 20 was Lyn's first 5K race.

Vyn and the dad also joined to support the program and start the running races for the year.  They all did great.

We got three of the medals and of all the goodies that came with the registration.

Thanks to the volunteer coaches, without them, the program will not be made possible to the girls.

Great Turtle Race 2016

View from the overlook

By the light house Mackinaw City

Cabins of Mackinaw

Mackinac Island before the race "Mission Point"

On our way home

Stein from our favorite dinner place O'Reilly's

Cross County 2016

CRIM RUN 2016

Grand Island Trail Marathon 2016

The hubby decided on running the full marathon for the Grand Island Trail Marathon this year.  This was his fourth year doing the Grand Island Trail run.  The first being a full marathon, the second and third were both half marathons and this was a full marathon.  This was the first year that the Grand Island hosted a 50K trail run as well.    

We stayed at the Hillcrest Cabins in Munising.  This has been our favorite place to stay in Munising so far.

We were able to ride the shuttle bus that drove us to the nine mile point and 22 mile point.  Below is the view from the 9 mile stop.

There were just about 20 of us that took the bus.  We saw was a mother who she stopped, ate some orange slices and had a drink of pop, chat with the daughters about how tough running on the beach was and off she went.  Some spectators missed their runners in this spot, but saw them at the 22 mile point.

Above and below pictures were taken from the Mather Lodge.

Unfortunately our shuttle bus left before the hubby reached this point.  Some of the spectators runners were fast and they don't want to miss their runners at the finishing line.

A hand blown medallion for the top runners.  Hubby was 3rd in his age group. 

A big thank you to the lady wearing a pink knee brace who went back to help the hubby when he tripped over some twigs about two miles from the finish line.

This was our ride back to Munising.

Huge CONGRATULATIONS to the hubby and all the runners.

 

Dow Run 2016

The weather was perfect for this year's Dow Run.  Since the hubby is training for a full marathon sometime this year, he decided to run only 1M this time.  He ran with Vyn and his friend and they did good time.

I ran with Lyn and her friend C with her parents.  But as usual I was not able to keep up.  The girls finished at about 10 to 11 minutes while I finished 15 minutes, hehehehe for a 1M that is pretty slow. I was walking and chatting with friends along the way.

C's mom said that while running they came across another mother with a daughter who kept on saying "are you a loser or a winner?"  

The boys almost trampled on a girl who fell a few feet in front of them.  Later, I found out that another friend's daughter did fall and got a few scrapes in the beginning of the race.

Here is the link to the DowRun website and here is the link to the results

Mackinac Island Great Turtle Trail Run

This is a very late blog.  Lots of things going on last year, I forgot.  This is going to be short with mostly pictures telling the story and from whatever is left in my memory about the event.  Here is a link to send you to other articles about the race.

Mackinac Island and to register for the 2016 race

One of our stops on our way to Mackinaw.

View from an overlook we always drive by.  This time we stopped.

It was raining on the day of the run but we climbed up these steps.

Cross Country 2015

Vyn decided to join the middle school cross country team this year 2015.  He waited till the last minute to decide and since I started work this year and had already given the list of days I can work for September last month, I missed and was not able to watch his first 2 meets in September.

 



Participant ribbon he got on his first cross country meet.

School cross country team.

Received one of the medals in his second meet.