Sunday, December 6, 2009

Gobble, Gobble, Trot , Trot

Thanksgiving means many-a-thing to the Randy Ekern family: Dining out, watching football, bloodies and beer, shopping, and now apparently running in the cold. That's right people, this year Meghan convinced us that we had to run the Turkey Trot 5k in Chesterfield, MO as a family. So, after a nice T-day dinner at the Melting Pot, we woke up at the crack of dawn, and ran, and all of us completed the race...So go team.
Now anyone who knows me knows that I will use any excuse to make a t-shirt (high school senior activities, Harry Potter 6 premiere, New Moon premiere, etc.) So Mom and I decided that we would get some shirts made. We got them in Packer colors, and I said that there was no way in H that I would run 3.1 miles without an incentive, so the front said "Beer Run 09...Thanksgiving Edition" and the back said "EKERN" with the number of the year we were born.
(Did I mention it was bleeping cold? Well It was, so we all look 4 times larger than we are because of the layers. Don't judge us.)

Consequently, I finished the race, went straight to the car, straight to the cooler, and drank my beer.
The rest of the fam followed, Meghan got her banana, and I guess this is a new tradish.
The Ekern Family is now on the run.
XOXO
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 7, 2009 at 5:29 AM

    That is awesome! Did you use roman numerals for Randys number because he is so old?? Not sure if I could run down an escalator these days...
    Uncle Todd

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  2. EmilyDecember 7, 2009 at 10:25 PM

    LOL Mom and Dad power walked it (which is really like the pace of my running because of mom's experience in the mall) but they both ran a few times throughout and they also sprinted at the end! It was awesome!!

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  3. Greta HansonDecember 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    Again I ask, how is it possible that your dad and my dad are related? And your dad agrees to this, and my dad would shake his head like we were talking CRAZY talk.

    Although it WAS a major coup to get good old Reid on facebook....

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