across the finish line, hand in hand!!

BEAN TEAM!

For the third time in the last five years, Presten and I skated in the Northshore inline marathon this past weekend. The kids went to grandma and grandpa's which made the logistics of everything a bit easier- plus we got a really nice break!

We arrived in Duluth on Friday afternoon to pick up our race packets at the convention center. This didn't take long considering we have skated two times prior, we pretty knew what to expect. Then we headed off to Sammy's in Cloquet for our 2nd annual pre race spaghetti dinner! After dinner we went back to our hotel to veg out! It was a weekend of movies for us!

We woke up bright and early to make sure that we had everything ready for the race. The bus left the DECC around 6:45a to take us up to Two Harbors.

Here a picture of sea of skaters getting ready for the race

Okay now it is really time to get ready!

All set!


SEE YOU IN DULUTH!

WE MADE IT!

STILL SMILING!

The race went well, but for me at least it was pretty tough! Presten was an all-star, there were times that I was just exhausted and he pulled my hand and we just cruised! This gave me the needed breaks to make it to the finish line. Our time wasn't great- mainly because I was a slow poke, but it was exciting that we skated the whole way together.

We are sore today, not as bad as we thought we would be-hopefully that is not a jinx for tomorrow!

The kids of course were spoiled to death this weekend and had a more than their helping of fun! Back to reality for all of us!!

Thanks for checking in with us!! The Bean's