Our next race was Winterlaufe on February 4 in Frankenmuth, MI and we invited Mindy and Murph to join the madness!
We headed up on Friday night and we all met at 8 am for a group breakfast with everyone. There were kids, kids, every where! Then the chaos started - there was movies, games and oatmeal all over the place! There were unhappy people who got Stollen french toast and did not know what Stollen was. (Just in case, Stollen is a fruit cake containing dried fruit and covered with sugar, powdered sugar or icing sugar).
After the boys and kids went off to swim, it was time for our 1st 8K race. 4.97 miles - agh! What possessed us!
Things started out well until we got to the hills. I am not talking a gentle grade, I am talking hills that require huffing and puffing, which is hard to do dressed like Nanook of the North replete with ear muffs, puffy coats and gloves!
Then, we got about 1/2 way through the course to find out it was a mud race. We had to walk through a muddy corn field and back. We were shuffling along like we were in a blue hair walker race, trying not to fall into the mud and save our expensive sneakers from being ruined!
We finished, Murph jogging ahead, while the rest of us dragging up the rear. It wasn't pretty but we did it!
