Gorilla Run 2011 was a success! On Saturday morning Carter and I met Joe and Stephanie downtown just before the race. (Joe ran, Stephanie was just support :-) ). We really missed Mom and Dad, it would have been great to have them here. Check out my Mom's blog to follow her training goals--she did actually walk the 5K today--her first 5K EVER!!!!! Way to go, Mom!!
Back to the race--I wasn't sure if I could/would run the whole thing since I haven't been out for a jog in several months (since July!!), but we all decided to start off the race jogging together....then we just kept jogging....and we ended up jogging just about the whole thing! (except for some small hills that we walked). I didn't time us, and the race didn't include any timing system, but Joe thinks we were around 35 min maybe?
Here are some photos from the Denver Post:
And here are two photos from my camera! (Yes, I only took 2! I took a couple more on my cell phone (earlier post))
After the race there was a block-party on a section of Wynkoop downtown (by the Wynkoop brewery)--tons of free food and even a free beer! The best part is that we were part of a wonderful fundraiser for mountain gorillas. Frank (the organizer) announced tons of interesting Mountain Gorilla fun facts before the race, but the two that stuck with me were:
*there were more people dressed as Mountain Gorillas on Saturday (~1200) than are alive on the planet (just over 700)
*however, the good news is that Mountain Gorillas are the only primate species on the RISE!! All others have on the decline. Scientists and locals attribute the increase in population to be largely the result of increased veterinary care, which is the the main objective of the Gorilla Run fundraising! Yay us, we actually helped!
Next year I'd love to continue the family tradition........this time we have to get the Christensen-Coopers involved (esp the little one)......and Mom and Dad of course.....Amy, Becky, anyone else wanna come out for the race??
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