Future Marathoner?

Running: a sport I both loathe and love. Curious Miss V is always along for the ride! We did our second annual Cream Puff 5K last week at State Fair Park. Here is the selfie from last year's as I could barely get wiggly Miss V to sit in the stroller long enough to snap one this year.

I can't walk yet Mom, so this stroller thing is fine with me!

Miss V was 11 months old and fell asleep after mile 2. Much different story this year! I waited until the last possible second to strap her in before the start and she whined and tried to stand up in the stroller for the 10 minutes we stood waiting for the start. Once we got going she just kept saying "people running!" and pointing to everyone. She was quite content with the movement and settled in. We ran through State Fair grounds and onto the race track which is waaaaay bigger than a normal track. I felt like the big figure eight would never end! It is like Las Vegas...the next turn/corner looked super close from the distance but not the case! (did I mention it was like 90% humidity and it felt like my skin was on fire the whole way?!) There were volunteers with flags pointing which way to go on the course and Miss V copied them and looked back at me saying "go this way Mama!" She was ready to get out of the stroller about mile 2 and I realllly wanted to walk but managed to muster up some endurance from the good 'ole high school cross country days and heaved across the finish line where I immediately grabbed some ice from the water cooler and held it on my arms! Miss V helped herself to water and I barely heard a peep out of her the rest of the night. She LOVES water bottles!

My water! Open!

I never get a cream puff during state fair because I think there are way more delicious choices and don't like to fill up. But, both times doing the 5k I wolfed that thing down like it was gold. Somehow so delicious after a run. Strange I know. Miss V on the other hand, she took a swipe of the powdered sugar and went back to her (my) water bottle.

Hmmm...not bad

Yum!

The funniest part of the whole night was when we were walking back to the parking lot, which took forever because of course Miss V just had to walk (again, way different from last year!). She was holding our finisher ribbon and studying it. I could see her wheels turning. Finally, she said excitedly, "LION!" because the fringe-y circle part looked like a lion's mane to her- LOL!

Stick a face in the middle and you've got a pink lion?!

I am gearing up for my first 10K in September in Peshtigo and it is a no stroller course but I think Miss V will watch all the runners from Grandma's house, much like I did as a kid every Historical Days weekend!