This weeks race...5 miles

Today we ran the Riverton Pumpkin Run. It was a 5 mile trail run. I'm not sure the race organizers have ever ran a race, they had us start running a steep downhill, which meant we finished with a steep uphill! Not my favorite way to run a race. My first couple miles were at an awesome pace, but not so for the last couple miles! We don't have our official times yet, they will post them Monday. We do know Dean placed 1st in his age division, Braden and EJ both place 2nd in theirs. And by the way....who dresses Braden?!!!!

Views from Kennicott

Jensons came to visit and we took a Sunday drive up to view the copper mines. Caitlyn, Derek, and Savanah
From the top of Butterfield Canyon, looking over at Timp.

Walk around Winchester VA

Mike and Manda in front of the High School

We were having a hard time coming up with poses....

The Old Hospital, Mike spends a lot of time here.

Ej and Dean in the walking mall. It was awesome, and only about 2 blocks from Amanda's house.

Pictures from the walking mall

This is the public library. All these places are within walking distance from Amanda's house

These decorated apples are everywhere!

Winchester court house

Shenandoah National Park, Compton Peak hike

We decided to hike to Compton peak, because running the 5k just wasn't enough exercise for the day. We started out, and found this trail marker, which we had no idea what it was trying to tell us. So back down to the trail head, and found out that we weren't even on the right trail. Figured out where we were supposed to be hiking, and started off again...




This is Dean and EJ at Compton Peak, looking over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Awesome views!



What a lovely couple!





This seemed like the perfect place for an engagement photo....







I think there was a lack of oxygen in these three, when we were at the peak, they were just a little silly! Okay, a lot silly!

Winchester Virginia

So Mike and Amanda's place is awesome! They have the front top floor of this old house. The landlord keeps it very well maintained! Hardwood floors, extra tall ceilings, crown moldings everywhere, it's quite impressive. The photo of Dean and EJ is in front of the public high school...mine sure didn't look like that! Walking through the streets looking at the mansions is amazing. The sidewalks are cobblestone. The trees are huge, and make a canopy across the streets.

Winchester Virginia 5k

Amanda signed us up for a 5k in Winchester Virginia. Amanda won the biggest value random prize, a care package from a spa! Mike also won one of the random prizes, $20 gift certificate at a local restaurant.
Dean ran his fastest race so far (I know I keep saying that, but each race his time gets better!) Dean ran 3.1 miles in 21:35, that's a 6:58 minute mile pace. Dean placed 21 over all men, and 3 in his age division. EJ placed 29th overall women, and 2nd in her age division. Mike walked the first little while with his new bride, she was having knee problems, and then took off running on his own. He placed 42 overall men, and 2nd in his age division. Amanda, with walking the first little bit, decided to run, and ended up 7th in her age division, and 46 over all women! We got these lovely water bottles instead of ribbons or medals.