The 44th Annual Easter Beach Run

The Saturday before Easter the City of Daytona Beach hosts a race that takes place on the beach.  It always draws a really huge crowd and is actually 4 miles instead of a 5k.  So it's a little harder being longer and on the beach.  Mandy has run this race every year for I don't know how long...a really long time and about four years ago I started doing it, Elizabeth started at 11 months old.  It is becoming quite the family tradition and more and more family members are joining in. 

This picture has everyone who ran, including my very good friend Angelika who happened to finish 3rd in her age group which is a major accomplishment when you run against people that run 4 miles in 26 minutes.

Please notice Elizabeth's grumpy puss attitude, we ignored her and it went away, ha.

My mom did the 4 mile race with Lewis, Ralph, Angelika and me, Lewis Sr. and Candace did the 2 mile fun run and the younger girls all ran small dash races.  David and Mandy are not pictured, they walked the 4 mile race because Mandy is having some knee issues.

While we run for half an hour the girls must find entertainment

The girls really loved the Chik fil A cow and the Bubba Gump shrimp walking around.  Since this is the sponsored by Bubba Gump shrimp, Forrest Gump is here and walks around vising and officially starts the race.  The girls have no idea who he is.

We had the surprise of a lifetime, Lewis' dad won 1st place in his age division for the 2 mile "fun run" race...of course he was the only one in his division but that just adds to the fun.  We're glad someone walked away with an award.

Family photo of race runners, minus my mom.

  

We like to mark what order we come in since we run so many races together.  For the longest time I was always number 2, I seemed to have slipped down to number 3 along the way.

The little girls (Elizabeth and Anna Kate) ran the 50 yard dash, Gillian ran the 100 yard dash and Candace did the 2 mile run with Grandpa, we are all super proud of them.

Until next year this race is out of my mind.  I'm ok with a 5k but amp it up to 4 miles and I'm a mess!! never mind Lew is running a half marathon in October.   I'm going back to my safe fun 5k's for a bit.