Well the morning was a success – my Dad ran his first race ever without stopping!!! He was SO proud and I think I’m even prouder!
Parking lot shot…Dad’s pretty nervous at this point…
Running man.
Finish line for the 20k people who ran starting at 7:00am.
My time tracker:
Pre-race fuel: Kettle Corn…I couldn’t help myself. They shouldn’t make it so delicious if they don’t want people eating it! I only ate of the cup though 
My mom walked the 5k with one of her friends. Here we are right before we started!!
At the starting line…GO!
Mid-race…doing good…
Some scenery pics along the way…
And…he finished!! I ran ahead of him so I could take his picture!
Look how happy he is!!!
My brother ended up getting there late and couldn’t run with my Dad and I, so we met him afterwards. He actually somehow passed us during the race and we saw him when the first half of the pack was on the way back from the turnaround, but homeboy was in the ZONE and didn’t see/hear us!
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WHEW! What a GREAT morning! After the race there were bands playing, free kettle corn, fruit, pulled pork sandwiches, water, pop, BEER!!! Which I didn’t have any of, but it’s still pretty sweet that they offered it!
I’ll say it again – SO proud of my Dad. He got hot, he got tired, but dammit, he ran the whole thing. He’d say it himself…if he can do it – YOU can too!!
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Tell me about your first race experience!
I think it’s awesome that your family did the race! And congrats to your dad…I can’t wait to complete my first race!
kudos to your whole family! what a gorgeous running/walking family!
Good for you dad, your mom and your brother! That’s awesome how the whole family got into it with you! And you don’t even look like you cracked a sweat! Go you!
Congrats to your dad. And I am sure he loved having you right next to him, what a great daughter!
Congrats to everyone!! How awesome
Congrats to all you guys! It looks like you had a great time.
WOw awesome job to the whole fam! That’s great that your dad ran the whole thing!! My mom is running her first 5 k on monday. I got her interested !
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Yah for your daddy! What a great experience for the entire family !
Yah Dad! That is so awesome that he ran the whole thing.
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Congrats to your dad! How fun!
how fun! tell your dad congrats, that is just awesome!
You and your dad are so cute! Congrats to both of you…what a great thing to do together!
Congrats to your Dad!! And fun that you guys ran it together!!
We should’ve had a little “blogger meet up” after the race!!
I didn’t know you were running it!!
Dang – that’s a really good idea!! I think there’s more of us Iowa girls blogging then we think!!