First 5K of 2012

I rather enjoy race times that start at 9am as opposed to 8am. For some reason, that extra hour to wake up and get motivated really helps! But also, in the early spring, it's another hour for the weather to warm up a bit. Yes, I'm a weenie about cold runs. I'll be the girl with the fleece headband, pants and running gloves in the 45 degree weather when professional runners are in shorts and tank tops. Don't judge.

A couple weeks ago we were starting to see 60-65 degree forecasts for race day and I was excited to finally run with Drew in some sunny weather. If you remember, last year we signed up for two races with Drew only to be stormed or frozen out of both of them.

And then 8am came. And it was only 38 degrees.

We pulled the trigger yet again to not run, especially since Drew has been sick for a bit now. It was sunny, and looked like it should have been 67, but it was a chilly 43 when race time hit. We still bundled Drew up and went to the site knowing there would be hundreds of pups. The race was to benefit a local rescue group and it was fun to watch him squeal in delight seeing all of the doggies.

I didn't snap a single picture and Derek only snapped a couple of me showing Drew the firetruck.

More pics to come later of our outing to the zoo this afternoon. It warmed up to 57 and was nice out so we decided to take our first trip there as official zoo members!