Shawn's Family Blog: March 2012

Sunday, March 25, 2012

2012 Bristol, CT Shamrock Run

The family went running again this weekend and we met Erin, Jason, Dan, Kevin, Doug, Joe and the Fleet Feet 5 mile Running group in the 'mountainous' region of Bristol, CT. It was a large event with over a 1000 runners and great food and prizes. Nathaniel and Kevin ran in the Kid's Fun Run event and they had a blast.

Here are some pics from the event and there are more online here. Hope to see you at the next race!

Selected Results

2 Mile Event
95 Ryan Schulze 14:53 7:26
370 Joe Cohn 19:29 9:44
436 Erin Smith 20:27 10:13

5 Mile Event
151 Jeanne LeMere 42:42 8:32
273 Douglas Bray 47:57 9:35
293 Jill Karno 49:17 9:51
335 Sean Halbruner 51:18 10:15
356 Dan Guinan 53:26 10:41
375 Shawn Schulze 56:56 11:23

I know I came in last this event... In my defense there were some great runners running with me and I was recovering from having my wisdom teeth out. I still had a lot of fun and am hoping to do this run again next year.

Nate is Ready to Run

Nate and Kevin After the Kids Race

Kevin

Nate running in for the finish

Crossing the finish line

Post Run

Ryan

Dan Finishing the 5 mile

Doug, Dan and Kevin

Doug, Joe and Shawn

Doug

Erin and J

Coach Jill

Joe Finishing the 2 Mile

High 5!

Me Finishing the 5 Mile

Sean H finishing

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Max O'Hartford 5k

The family met Erin, Jason, Dan and the Fleet Feet 5k Running group in downtown Hartford today to run the Max O'Hartford 5k. It was a giant event with close to 3000 people showing up to run. They had free beer and free corn beef sandwiches for all the participants as well as commemorative shirts and glasses. I always love the atmosphere at a running event because everyone is so happy, positive and polite. Nathaniel ran in the Wee Mile event and he loved participating and getting his number pinned on. There were three Wee Mile events depending on the age of the child and Nate ran in the 100 yard dash. Pucky the whale showed up just before the Wee Mile event began to see the kids off. Nate was crazy fast and was one of the first kids to finish. It was a great day to be Hartford and we all had a lot of fun. I hope to see you all at the next race!

After the race we headed back home and when we stopped for gas we saw some horses at the gas station. They crossed the street and headed up past subway towards the schools. Here are the race results and some pictures. (I think Jason and Erin may have more pictures as well)

Results (Online):

Place: 738 Bib: 4528 Ryan Schulze Time: 26:50 Pace: 8:38

Place: 1357 Bib: 5583 Dan Guinan Time: 30:43 Pace: 9:54

Place: 1657 Bib: 4529 Shawn Schulze Time: 32:46 Pace: 10:33

Place: 1817 Bib: 5048 Erin Smith Time: 34:13 Pace: 11:01

Here's some pictures:



Boys getting ready



Nate is all lined up and ready to go!



Pucky the Whale is visiting!



Is it time to run yet?



Dad waiting for race, I ran with Nate or more accurately chased him. :)



I finished! Woo hoo!



After the Wee Mile they did the Restaurant relay



After the Relay the mob lined up for the 5k



Dan is all set to run



Ryan and Dan



Dan, Dad and Ryan ready to go



Erin is lined up and ready to go



Here comes Ryan!



He sprinted to the end! Great time!





Me Finishing



Erin Finishing



Horses at the Gas station back home

Saturday, March 17, 2012

The boys

We had a few errands to run today so we ended up everywhere. (Lowe's Home Depot, The Olive Garden, Harry's, The Farmhouse, The Dump, Buckland Hill's Mall and even Sam's club but it was closed by the time we got there) The weather was great!

When we were at the dump Ryan spotted a sign that said Children must remain in the car at all times. (Per order of the first selectmen!) Ryan said he didn't think the sign was fair and he should be able to get out and I found the sign vague. Technically my brother, sister and I are children of my mom so are we allowed to leave the car? :) I snapped a few pictures of the boys below: