XC Color Run

Toward the end of the cross country season, Cadence's school held another color run for the runners and their families.  We all participated again.  It was a bit warmer this year!  And the volunteers had a lot more colored powder to throw at us!  I wasn't feeling it after the first mile (I don't know how those kids do this multiple times each week), so I stopped to walk on occasion.  I caught up with Colin and ran with him toward the end.  Danny and Cadence were like beasts and left us in their dust.  Check out the photos volunteers took along the way!

Colin and D ran together - you can peep Danny in the white shirt and gray hat in the background

There's Danny!

Danny making his way down the hill

Now Colin!

Danny again!

I spy Cadence in the green!

Weather guy, Dave Mazza, on Cadence's heels!

Weather guy's wife, Crystal Mazza, got Danny good!

Cadence again, running with her friends Grace and Macie!

Here I come with Colin!

The 3 Musketeers finishing together!

Colin's face! 😮

The dads had the best race time!

The Schuermans with the Riley gang!

I was covered in powder!

I'm going to miss the cross country races next year if Cadence doesn't run!

And She Was Running! (say in Forrest Gump voice)

Cadence had another great year of cross country.  I am so proud of her.  I don't know how she does it.  Two miles might not sound difficult to run, but those courses are tough!  She tried really hard to beat her personal best from last year, but couldn't quite do it - she got SUPER close, though!  She was pretty consistent, even with battling an injury toward the end of the season.  She also made a new friend, Grace.  As much as I hope she continues competing in cross country, I don't think she'll run in high school.  Their races are 5k and I'm not sure she likes the sport enough to have that type of dedication.  We shall see what next year brings! 

First home meet vs Olentangy Orange

8/22/23

Time - 19:54

Away meet vs Dublin Grizzel

8/29/23

Time - 20:33

Home meet vs Olentangy Berlin

9/5/23

Time - 19:58

First invitational at Watkins in Pataskala

9/9/23

Time - 18:56

Away meet vs New Albany

9/12/23

Time - 19:06

Newark Invitational

9/16/23

Time - 17:33

I don't have any pictures from the meet on September 19th vs Blendon - She got her best time of the season - 17:32!

Tiger Invitational in Pickerington 

9/23/23

Time - 19:47

This was RIGHT before she fell and hurt her ankle and knee.  When I saw that she had fallen, I just wanted to swoop her up and give her a big, ol' hug.  She kept on and limped her way to the finish line.  She was a trooper and finished under 20 minutes even with an injury.

Cadence did not race at the meet at Berkshire on September 26th so she had time to rest her ankle/foot and prepare for the invitational that weekend.

Erin Nance Invitational at London Country Club

9/30/23

Time - 18:04

She was nervous about re-injuring her ankle, but stayed consistent.

There was an emu (or ostrich?) near the course!

Les Eisenhart Invitational in Worthington

10/7/23

Time - 17:33

IT WAS COLD

I grabbed this photo from a Facebook post where someone posted the pictures they took from the race.

Macie and Grace with Cadence.  I'm thankful that she made some great friends while having fun and doing something good for her health!

Apple Picking Fun

We were fortunate to have beautiful weather on my birthday, so per my request, we headed back to Legend Hills Apple Orchard to snag some apples.  Even though we normally just try to get a good mix of apples to make a huge batch of homemade applesauce, Danny found some Honeycrisp that hadn't been picked yet!  Cadence said they tasted like apple cider so she even brought some apples in her lunches at school (normally my kids won't eat the apples we pick), so I was surprised!

We couldn't find an apple bin while we were picking, so we made do with this one behind the market for our annual picture!