Zoo

Each weekend John looks up races around the Chicagoland area to participate in. All in all he's done 14 races, I think. Most 5K's, but he did a 10K & 10-mile run as well. Very impressive! The boys & I have been to every race to support him...it's been pretty exciting!

We discuss it & decide based on location, cost, giveaways, course. This weekend it was a no-brainer as it was at the zoo! We got free parking, free admission to the zoo, a t-shirt, because of the course bobbing & weaving, we got to see him several different times during the race, etc. it was a bonus that some friends of our joined us after the race to walk around the zoo....we hadn't been there in several months, so it was great...and the weather was perfect fall weather 60 & sunny! We counted on the boys waking us up early, but they slept it. John woke up at 6:30 & we scrambled....John got himself ready and I got myself & the boys ready, made breakfast & packed the bags. It's kind of like my own personal race. :). Thankfully there isn't much traffic at 7:20am! We made it with only seconds to spare. John did great in the race and the boys & I stayed busy looking on the course map to see the next spot we'd see Daddy. Ryan didn't like when we stopped moving so I wrapped & strapped him in the Moby wrap...he was pleased. :). We miscalculated John's speed & didn't see him cross the finish line, but it was all good. He cooled down, I fed Ryan then we met up with our friends (Hannah, Al, Jonathan & Maddie). Here are some pics from the day (since I update from my phone the pics don't post in any order, so they'll likely be random).