Never mind that St. Patrick's Day was two days ago! :) Today Ryan and I ran in the MHS St. Patrick's Day Fun Run 2007. (Well, I ran. Ryan rode along in his jogging stroller.) The races out at The Hill are getting increasingly casual. This time there wasn't a timer, an actual start line, or a finish line. There weren't even results. However, the course was marked (sort of) and there were enthusiastic volunteers to help point the way and cheer us all on. Most importantly, there were commemorative mugs for the finishers. :)

The sun was out most of the time, but it was extremely windy. The wind is what made it uncomfortably cold. The course was 2.8 miles long. I didn't expect to set any speed records (my time was approx. 22:50). I hadn't run pushing Ryan in the stroller for quite some time, and the wind was tough. It was fun to be out though. I'm proud to say no one passed me the whole race! There was a Navy guy who caught up to me for a while, and who tried to put a kick on at the end, but my pride wouldn't let him beat me! :P Feels good to out kick a man, especially while pushing a 30+ lb. child in a jogging stroller! (And not that it matters, but there's that Army vs. Navy thing, and being married to someone in the Army, I had to represent!) :P

We got home just in time for the hail/snow flurries to start. It was sunny the first half of the day. Now it's back to that crazy back and forth dance between spells of sun, and crazy snow and hail flurries. We're supposed to have this for the next few days.