Camellia Festival Fun Run

Another weekend, another race... or two!

Theresa e-mailed Wednesday asking if I wanted to join her at the last minute for Newberg's Camellia Festival 5K Fun Run. I only had a Sunday race scheduled for this weekend, so I eagerly agreed!

We met up at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

It was supposed to be rainy. That looks like sun to me:

Haven's first 5K!

Brad played paparazzi:

Let's do this!

 Firefighters were setting up for a burn-and-learn exercise on the course.

The course was a big loop, so Brad cut across and saw us again on the other side:

Almost done and still going strong:

It was also Theresa's first 5K! We kept the pace nice and comfortable, but as we approached the finish, Theresa kicked and tried to pull away from me :)

WOOHOO!! Finished with an 11:08 average. Nice job!

Even though we registered late, we still snagged T-shirts!

Hello Kitty was there!

And all the runners got a small camellia to plant at home. 

What a fun community race! I'm so glad Theresa asked me to run with her. Next year, we're doing the 10K :) :)