So my big 3 month Fat Fest 2010 work event has finished. this last saturday i co-sponsored a 5K "Fun Run" with FMWR (Family, Morale, Welfare & Recreation: military-wide organization in charge of making life suck less). it was about 40 degrees outside and raining like crazy. all things considered, we had a pretty awesome turnout. all those diehards with super cut legs and tiny shorts were there and the top 10 finishers ran between 18 and 22 minutes. i suspect it was to get it over with sooner, but i doubt it. they seemed to be enjoying it. freaks!!
yes, people brought their kids. here was a cute little pre-run stretch fest, thought it was pretty cute.
that 12 foot tall skinny man in the front was one of the top finishers. he ran the course for a warm up, ran it in the race, came back first or second, then ran it again just to do it i guess. pretty hardcore.
there were many strollers. again: 40 degrees and rainy.
this kid has a pretty decent cheering section. his dad runs marathons and he has been training for this race with his dad for some time now. he's 7 and was extremely proud to be finishing his first 5K.
more public speaking Michelle-style
due to the weather, these 4 were the only of my participants who stayed till the end for the awards ceremony. it's a good thing though, they won all the awards anyway. my winning team of 4 people lost a combined 74 pounds. the couple on the left were 1/2 of the team. the person who logged the most time exercising is the woman on the left, 4975 minutes - 82 hours, 55 minutes. this is in 11 weeks. and the Biggest Loser is her husband, second from the left in the light shirt. he lost 40 pounds or 18.6% of his body weight. quite impressive! i had such a good time with this event and i'm very proud of it. a total of 375 pounds was lost by the whole group, which is pretty amazing.
so now it's done and i'm on to planning my next big event: Spring Fling. should be quite a gaggle.
next update: Charles' Re-enlistment and its effects. oooohhhh yeeeaaa.
4 comments:
Way to go on another successful event! And the crazy guy running shouldn't surprise you. We've known for quite some time that to be a distance runner you have to be a bit masochistic (and to be distance runner groupies you have to have a few screws loose). Captial W!
*I realize writing "Capital" in front of an actual capital W is redundant, but I wanted to be sure I got the point across I suppose. Meh. You know what I mean anyway ;D
good point - i had forgotten about the familiarity we had with such people. it all makes sense now.
and yes, thanks for the "capital" - it took me a minute to put it together as is.
This is amazing! You have made a big difference in these people's health, which is one of the most important things you can impact in someone's life! Way to go!
"an organization in charge of making life suck less" that cracks me up.
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