Living History Farms 2012

On Saturday Shana, Erik, Anja and Milla came to visit us in Des Moines. Shana and Adam ran the 7 mile cross country race, known as "the largest cross country race in the United States". The registration is capped at 7500, while only about 7000 people actually finish it. That is more than enough people for a trail run.

Later the kids took part in the kids trail runs.

After we all washed the mud off we met Amy and Hunter at Panera for a cousin lunch. We sat and chatted for nearly 2 hours before saying good-bye.

 

All the runners at the beginning of the day.

 

The start of the 7-miler. There were many bottlenecks throughout the run but it was still fun.

 

Though they have very different paces, they stuck together for the whole run.

 

(second) cousins having fun

 

In the enlarged picture you can see Adam to the right, Shana's hat to the left by the clocks.

 

After the race. Adam took on most of the mud struggling to get out of the last creek crossing.

 

 

Landon running his race.

 

Milla with her finisher's ribbon.

 

All the proud kids with their ribbons. Anja proudly wore her running shirt and bib to lunch at Panera after the race.