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More than 3000 women of all ages ran or walked around the Capitol this morning at the Nike Women's Fitness Festival and 5K race.  The event raised money for the non-profit organization WEAVE (Women Escaping A Violent Environment).  I ran the 5K pushing Brodie and Lucas in their double running stroller.  I only received one comment about Brodie and Lucas being in the race .  The day before the race, while I was picking up my race packet, I was told that Brodie and Lucas couldn't run with me because the race was for women only.  No boys allowed!   Technically, they are boys, but they are only 10 months old.  They don't even know whether they are a girl or a boy yet.   I laughed the comment off as if it were a joke.  At least I hope they were joking.
We had a fun run.  We started in the back of the pack, and made our way up to mid pack by carefully passing runners on the left, on the right, around cones, on the inside corner, and the outside edge of turns.   We crossed the finish line in just under 27 minutes.  I haven't checked my official finishing time.  I know we must have set a PR!  The ironic part is that our finishing time doesn't really matter.  What matters is we finished and had a great time running with all the other women.  For some racers, it is only about their time.  But for some, like myself, its all about the adventure.
Our adventure began this morning at 4:30 AM, when Brodie woke up.  There was no way we were going to be late for the event, considering we were up at the crack of dawn.  I was tired before we even left the house.  The excitement of the event kept the three of us awake, until the race clock started ticking.  Within the first mile, Brodie and Lucas surrounded by a sea of more than 3000 women, had both fallen asleep.  Several people cheering on the racers said, "Why are you working so hard, they're both asleep!"  At that point, I had worked so hard to carefully move forward in the pack, there was no slowing down.  I picked a couple of women who were ahead of me, and decided to try to catch up with them.  My strategy worked.  I followed behind them the last 2 miles and passed them right before the finish.
We toured the Fitness Festival to see what fun stuff it had to offer.  Our favorite booths were the SacMomsClub.com, Mad Cat Bicycles, midtowngrid.com, and Luna Bar.  There were a lot of booths and a lot of people.  Maneuvering the double stroller through the crowds was quite a challenge.  We didn't see everything, but we had a lot of fun.  We'll be back next year!