Mom & Daughter Duo at Adventure Race

Hanna and I teamed up in the local Labor Day Adventure Race which benefits the area’s highschool triathlon team. The ultimate goal (according to Hanna) was to win the best costume contest. I just wanted to beat the competition have fun.

Pre-race prep was not the usual for me-instead of having nerves for race day execution, I was all nerves about having to use the iron and do that which I am not all that good at-be creative! Hanna’s goal was to win the ‘Best Costume Contest’ and this meant I had to make a trip to the craft store. I’d rather change a flat tire than use a hot glue gun or use fabric paint! But, Hanna was bound and determined that we were going to look pretty and apparently, black and orange bike tights did not meet her definition of pretty, so we went with hot pink.

Our race day execution was interesting. Transitions were about stocking up on the bagels and sports drinks and visiting with others. In addition, my awesome speech on pacing and drafting fell upon deaf ears as it was full throttle speed for the first 100 yards of the race, only to be followed by a whole bunch of ‘this isn’t as much fun as I thought it would be.’ Thankfully, Hanna caught her second wind and we persevered 90+ long minutes to get to the finish line.

I enjoyed the time spent with my daughter and had a lot of fun, but I have been kicked off the team for 2010! Hanna said she needed to find somebody who would look better in the costume she designed (we took runner-up in the costume contest) and somebody who wouldn’t slow her down.

Game on my little one…game on!