This is my fourth Peachtree Road Race and I have to admit, my slowest and laziest. I really didn’t train for it very much because up to about March or April there was just no free time to run with all the caring for babies stuff. But! They stopped eating all the time! And started taking naps! And I could run again!

The best part of this year’s run was that Adriene decided to join me. It’s a lot more fun to run these races with someone than being alone, especially at the starting line where you wait hours to actually start running. She even talked her cousin into running it with us.

Like past years, I wanted to take pictures, but didn’t want to drag my camera around so I bought a cheap little disposable camera.

Here we are at the starting line!

Adriene’s cousin called us while we were on MARTA heading down to Lenox to start and told us she had overslept. We told her that she could probably still make it if she hurried and sure enough, she showed up right as they called our numbers to move up to the starting line. She had already gotten her exercise before the race even started.

So, here I am. Running the Peachtree. I’m hoping all the blur in this photo implies that I was moving really fast…. at least try to think that in your mind.

Here I am nearing the finish line! Because of the drought in Atlanta, the race ended in a different location than Piedmont Park. Instead of finishing downhill into the park, it turned and went uphill on Juniper Street. I was…. displeased with the new uphill finish.

The best part of the race is getting the t-shirt! Adriene here shows off her shirt. Everyone in Atlanta knows what the shirt implies when you wear it. “Lazy people of Atlanta! I ran while you slept on the 4th of July! Regard me with honor for my desire to keep fit!”

Seriously, though, we had a lot of fun, even if we limped around the house that evening and the next day. It’s always a good fitness goal to train for and now we have to find our next goal. Savannah Bridge Run, maybe?