Every winter my Helder Family looks forward to going up to Lake City for a weekend of fun in the snow. This year's festivities consisted of: the most intense broom ball game that has prolly taken place on the frozen waters of Lake Missaukee, A visit to the infamous Helder Hill where the craziest sledding ever (grandma even broke her ankle one year), and of course eating all chili, chips, hot dogs, and hot chocolate one could desire.
As much as I was looking forward to going, I was nervous that my running of the 6 miles might get pushed to the back burner. BUT, my dear husband decided to encourage me by running right along with me, AND that he would run at my speed...and believe it or not, it worked! Let me tell you that we have tried to run together before and it ends up that he would enjoy running backwards as I am running forward, or it was a time to take the opportunity to shows how his walking pace is equal to my run, BUT yesterday instead of running backwards he serenade our run with sweet songs like "I would do anything for love" as we were running into the freezing 50 mile an hour wind. It definitely helped and i loved it...plus the run actually went pretty well. So not only did we get a good run in at a new location, we also spent the rest of the day in the participating in the competitive festivities...here are some pictures to get a little glimpse of the fun.
My Partner for life before the run...you don't want to see us after :)
The Helder Broom Ball Teams...we even use mallets...and no one even got hurt...that is talent.
Sledding on Helder Hill
Uh, i SECOND the whole 'running-with-a-partner' thing. The first time Ali and I ran together, it only took 5 minutes before I yelled..."ALI!!! STOP!!!!!!" as he insisted to run 3 feet ahead of me the whole time. A few months later we tried again, and it ended in tears. Needless to say, I now run alone.
ReplyDeleteWay to go on the 6 miles!!!!
I agree - Chris and I cannot run together either. Can I help it that his legs are twice as long as mine? When we did run "together" (obviously I'm not running right now), we would turn opposite directions out of the driveway. :) Sounds like you had a great weekend Katie!
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