Fargo Marathon 2011

Ryan and I have been participating in the Fargo Marathon events since 2006.  The events have been the 5k fun run, 1/2 marathon, and now marathon relay.  The events we have participated in have differed from year to year depending on what has been going on in our lives (ie, which baby I was pregnant with or just had).  It has become a Strasburg family tradition the last couple of years.  This year, Holly ran the full marathon, Kristy, Kristin (a friend of Holly's), Ryan and I ran the marathon relay, and Jack, Jessie, and Nathan (Kristin's son) ran the 5k.

This one is sort of blurry, but it is Nathan, Jack, and Jessie just starting out their 5k.  The 5k was on Friday night and you can see how many people there are running.  It was crazy!  I think there were 7000 signed up to participate in this race alone.

Nathan, Jack, and Jessie after the race with their medals.  Good job guys!  3.1 miles is a long ways to run!

This was our marathon relay team this year, "The Staggering Strasburgs."  Kristy, Ryan, me and Kristin.  Arin was supposed to run, but had to bail for a wedding in California.  Kristy started out and ran 6.2 miles, then handed off to Kristin who ran 8.8 miles, then I ran the short 5 mile lag, and Ryan anchored us with the last 6.2 miles.  We all joined him near the end and ran in to the Fargodome to cross the finish line together.  It was very fun and everyone did awesome! Our time was just over 4 hours all together.

The Strasburg's that ran this year: Kristy, me, Ryan, and Holly.  Congrats to Holly for finishing her first full marathon (taking only minutes longer than it took the 4 of us).

Another great Fargo Marathon year!  Can't wait for next year!  A big thanks to my Dad for shuttling me around and to my mom and sister for watching the kiddos at home!