July 5th and 6th Workouts & Jumpin Beans Relay Marathon

On the 4th of July we went boating at David's dock and sent all the kids out in rafts with ropes that they could pull themselves in with. On the 5th we went biking around the 26 miles of Hayden Lake. Julienne is getting quite good. This is her third time. Tom and David whiz by going uphill. And on the 6th we ran a family relay marathon known as Jumpin Beans

Here were the runners and their legs for each team:

. We still have it together as we were the first place finishers at the half-marathon mark and beat the mixed Coeur d'Alene high school XC team.

                  THE       THE

                DANCE   DANCE

                  BOYS     MIX

6.2 miles     Dave & Kari
3.1 miles     Tom & Jeff
2.0 miles     Jacob & Channing
1.0 miles     Richard & Julienne
0.5 miles     Cameron & Braden
0.25 miles    Dallin (jr) & Ann Marie

Lest you think this was on a straight course, it was in the woods, I mean in the woods. We followed ribbons and a lawn mowed trail through the weeds, the woods, and straight up the hills. We stacked the deck in the 3 Generation team with all boys and we all got shirts and wooden medals. In the mixed team we let Kari and Jeff prepare for the Ragnar and run the longer legs. Between all 12 of us we ran a marathon exactly. Johnny ran each of the legs with the younger kids so they didn't get lost in the woods.

Our first team completed the course in 1:34 and the second in 1:59. It was a fun race.