Run the Rockies 10K and Half Marathon

We were headed up to Frisco Colorado to do some camping.  A couple days before leaving, we found out there was a 10K and a half marathon race from Copper, CO to Frisco, CO.  Since we were already heading up there, we thought it would be fun to compete in it as a family.  Aaron ran it, Terry Mach ran it and Kathy ran it.  Jenny had to stay back and watch Elias.

The start of the race was early, but the sun was up, which helped.  Jenny's cousin Anna and her boyfriend Jeff were also running the race.  We were able to meet them up at Copper first thing in the morning.  The weather worried us a bit as it started to become overcast and very windy.

Aaron was out to do very well in the half marathon and found a spot in the front for the start.  The course was a beautiful course following I-70 down from Copper into Frisco.  The first 10 kilometers was almost all downhill which made it all that more fun.  Aaron managed to run the first 10K in around 40 minutes with a pace around 6:20.  The last part of the half was a lot more flat and had many more hills.  His overall pace was 6:57 at the finish and he finished in 1:30:55.  He took 10th overall out of 300 and some and 2nd in his age division.  He was pretty upset about taking second because he got passed in the last mile and he came to find out the winner in each age division gets a new pair of Solomon shoes.

Here is picture of Elias waiting at the finish line.

Here is Aaron finishing the half marathon.  He didn't take first, but the "1" he is holding up refers to a bet he and Terry had.  Aaron bet Terry he could finish it under 1:30, but he finished it at 1:30:55.  He was yelling at Terry telling him he missed the free Mexican dinner by one minute.

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Aaron and his second place medal.

Kathy was able to finish the 10K without stopping to walk once.  Terry also beat his best 10K time to date.  And since Jenny was not able to run with us, she decided she would run the path alone and see how she did.  We dropped her off up top and Terry was able to run the first couple miles with her.  She did end up finishing the 10K with her best time ever at 58:16.  Great job Jenny.