Rabbit Run

The Barton family made its debut as a running family early this morning, in the frost, while we could see our breath.  The first Rabbit Run took off just after sunrise and we all did very well.  Mike finished 2nd in his age group, 17th overall with a time of 21:37.  Patrick was 18th overall (with a major sprint to try to catch his father) with a time of 21:58.  Jacob finished with a time of 24:32, (amazing for his first 5K) beating one of his XC team members who usually placed well ahead of him.  And I'm going to brag a little here.  I finished third in my family, but I came home with the biggest trophy.  I came in 20th overall with a PR of 22:45 (YEA), but the best was that I was SECOND overall female!  Beaten only by the teacher who shares my room, fellow MUC graduate and ADPi sister, Kelly Kirchner, who finished in 19:something. (not beating her 24 year-old self)
I got a trophy and two tickets to any Rabbit Run production in the 2012 season.  Pretty Cool.  I think you can tell by the smile on my goofy face how excited I was!