1 Day & 1 Year

R.A. Holmes, PhD, mother of 2, FTW:   Lost Dutchman Marathon, and a spot on the podium today, after just one year.

G and I headed out at 8am to meet Beckie at mile 14.5 by 9.   She came flying in on about a 7.5 minute/mile pace.

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she got in so quick G never got into the feeling of watching the race, and was back in the car before having a chance to stretch. The race route ran along ours for about 2 miles, so we waved at Beckie and waited for her where she turned onto the smaller roads at mile 16.

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Then out past the finish, where we rode a few miles back on the 2bike.

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waiting is hard on a tinyHuman
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there’s Mommy!
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“Beckie Holmes of Mesa, AZ finishing with her daughter”
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3:41
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1 Day Each Year

WOW! I’m exhausted. drained. left for dead. Who knew throwing a party for 4 yr olds would be harder than putting on my wedding.

Entertain about 25-30 ranging from 1-70 with the potential for every possible gastrointestinal or preferential oddity ranging from no strawberry to no cashews to no gluten to no lactose.   The entire bed of an F150 just barely contained all the food, chairs, toys, tables and options we ported over to the Las Sendas park.

and a bouncer
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i think a lot of people had fun, but i mostly did not.   too busy watching 2 kids and 1 dog and ordering pizza for 20.   i anointed myself Life Guard of the Bouncy Castle, cuz no one else did.   2 kids still suffered minor injuries, i am very relieved i did not get sued.   Is 6 too many on the slide at one time?

other lapses in judgment led to bees
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pizza makes everything better
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The Lollipop Hunt – 200 candies took 10 min to setup, and 1 min to tear down
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