“High-Tailed It! I Made A Run For It”

Tristan ran his first Flying Pig Marathon today while this marked Lindsay’s 5th year running the 5K (or 3.2 miles).  After a month of record rainfall (most rainfall in April EVER for Cincinnati at 13.5 inches and within a fraction of an inch of the most rainfall inside of a given month) it was a beautiful day; about 52 degrees starting and it went up to 71 by noon.  It was really a perfect morning to run.  (And hopefully a good day for my basement to dry out as well!)

Here they are pictured with their team; “die fliegenden Falken von Fairview-Clifton”.  They have trained all year, with a small break during the coldest month and a half and is the team’s 3rd and final marathon for the school year.  Their gray T-Shirts read as my title above does.  I think their team looks smaller this year; probably due to two factors that GEBAS did not help pay fees this year for the first time and placement exams/auditions were being held at Walnut Hills.

They met about a block from the starting line to warm up and stretch next to a very swollen Ohio.  I have not personally ever walked along the streets downtown and seen the river right there so close.  It was an amazing sight.

The picture on the left is that of the Public Landing which we had to walk around.  The picture on the right just shows how high the river is right now.  The water definitely has a current going.

We walked down the road from the starting line to see the runners off, to try to catch a glimpse of our two in the sea of runners that followed and to cheer them all on.

Nathan and Kaitlyn brought flags to wave during all the excitement.  Haley cheered.  Rick and I manned the cameras.  Then we hightailed it through the crowds in shut down city streets to be near the “FINISH SWINE”.  I think we walked a 5K before we were done.

Tristan was first just as we suspected.  He’s a quick one!

About two minutes later Lindsay came pumping.  She’s fast too!

And we found our runners after the race recovering from their final sprint with snacks under their thermal wraps donning their medals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lindsay’s Stat’s                              Tristan’s Stat’s

bib # 28749                                       28750

overall place 520 out of 2961    306 out of 2961

division place 36 out of 198       39 out of 184

gender place 154 out of 1887     245 out of 1115

Time: 28:45                                         26:37

Pace: 9:17                                            8:36

While Tristan is a faster runner than Lindsay you have to keep in mind the gender difference here.  Lindsay is ahead of him in her division and gender place.  Regardless they both have a quick pace.  This was a great run for both of my athletes.  Tristan plans to continue the team next year.  Lindsay may join the team for the run next year after training on her own unless she finds a team to run with at her new school next year.