The Amazing Racers

BRIGHT and early Saturday morning, Ethan and Scott headed to the park to stash their bikes in the designated area before making their way to the buses that would take them to their starting line.  Two and a half hours later, we cheered them victoriously across the finish line of their very first Amazing Charity Race.  Because you better believe that this won't be the last one.  :)

Grace wasn't interested in being a spectator so I gladly left Isaac at home for her to babysit while I took the other three with me watch the Race unfurl.

 I have to say, I was not prepared for the scope and the scale of this race!  The start times were staggered with about 3 teams leaving every minute, starting at 8 AM and sending them off until almost noon.  There were 20 obstacles to complete, with running and biking in between, and they finished off with tubing down the river and then completed the final challenge.  It looked like a total blast and Ethan loved it!  Scott loved it, too, but let's just say he was paying for his lack of training the next day.  Womp womp womp.  Hahaha.

STATIONS

1.  I Think I Need a Bigger Boat

2.  I'm Trapped

3.  My Gnome Ran Away

4.  Rapunzel's Tower

5.  Survivor Island

6.  Tube City USA

7.  Mine Sweeper

8.  Bob's Maze

9.  Liar Liar Pants On Fire

10.  Tipping One Back

11.  Lebron's Playground

12.  Rinse & Spit

13.  Cover Me

14.  So Noted

15.  Pepsi Challenge

16.  You Had Me In Stitches

17.  Shower With a Friend

18.  Drive Thru Nightmare

19.  Corn-Holio

20. Pole Dancing

Water stop!

They were lucky to get a start time early in the day because it was a HOT one out there on Saturday!  They started at 8:13 and we gave them about an hour's head start before we headed over to one of the parks to watch and wait for Scott and Ethan to show up and complete some of the tasks.  We watched them compete in "Tipping One Back" {involving a frisbee and some hula dancing} before sending them on their way and then drove over to wait by the finish line to see them tube down the river before making it to the last task and crossing the finish line.  The kids were getting a little antsy waiting for them at that point (understatement alert), so they took matters into their own hands and started playing in the river until we saw them coming around the bend.  Hahaha.

They're almost there!!!

Team Final Cut Pro at the finish!  Hahahaha.

Their final time was 2 hours and 36 minutes according to Scott's Garmin, and they covered almost 14.5 total miles from start to finish!  Needless to say, they were pretty wiped out for the rest of the day.  Especially after having such an early wake-up call that morning.  {They had to get their bikes in place an hour and a half before their start time.}  Ethan seriously looked like he was going to fall asleep on the couch almost all afternoon long and Scott was pretty hobbled and parked on the couch himself.  Nevertheless, it really was an awesome experience for the two of them and they're already looking ahead to next year.  It was almost as fun hearing Ethan tell me all about the stations as it would have been to race in it myself.  Maybe next year...  :)

Happy Birthday to my favorite almost 14 year old!!!