Shamrock Race 2018 Photos .8 Mile  Walk The 2018 Shamrock Run was my first 5K walk in the middle of an eight week recovery from a pelvic fracture.  I dressed up the giant plush dinosaur Baxster that I had in many of my recovery photos.  I decorated the kids wagon and made it a mini float with Baxster in it for St. Patrick’s Day.  It was extremely festive, green and shamrocky.  I was the fourth to last female in my age group to finish the 5K and 205/223 overall for the one mile.  Pulling a wagon was tough.  I think an 18 minute mile was pretty good with my unique circumstances.  I was happy to be out walking.  It didn’t cause me pain as running still did.  I took home first place in the costume contest.  I got a race pint glass for the costume win.  I also got two separate shamrock medals for the 5K and one mile.  I got to walk with Andrea for both events.    Plymouth City Page

  Hoodie Hoo 2018 Photos 47 Mile Drive The 2018 Hoodie Hoo was a wonderful 5K run around Lake Saint Clair at Lake Saint Clair Metropark.  It was one of my most scenic runs around water.  It was very cold running near the water in March.  There was a great indoor park building to with ample space for all participants and their families.  Jason and the kids stayed inside the building when I went out to start the race.  At almost exactly the half-way point of the race (1.5 miles) horrible pain set in near my inner thigh.  I slowed down and started to power walk to see if it would go away.  Walking still hurt, but not as bad as running had.  Other runners started to pass me and it quickly got very cold.  I saw my friend Jeff making a loop near me.  He was way ahead in the course.  Finally, I was left with walkers, a lot of which had dogs.  I enjoyed their company but was still very sad.  It was an extremely tough race for me to finish.  I came in nearly last in my age group and in the over