Oktoberfest, Bier Run

Seriously, how cute is this dog? It's the Peters' puppy, Scooby.

Last Saturday, we woke the boys up at 5:30, got in the car, picked up our friends Charles and Stacy Peters, and headed for Nashville. I naively thought that the boys would fall asleep on the hour+ car ride. No dice. Oh well. They were well-behaved, considering.

Kevin, Charles, and Stacy ran in the Bier Run 5K in Germantown. Stacy works for Caterpillar (tractors) and they had a corporate team running. She was running for them and suggested we come too. I was nervous about riding to the race with them because I didn't know how the boys would do without a lot of sleep, and what if we wanted/needed to come back early? Anyways it worked out great. It was a lot of fun and I loved hanging out with the Peters.

Stacy at the beginning of the race.

Kevin at the end of the race, and below at the finish line. Kevin won 5th place out of the 1000 runners, and 1st place in his age group. We are so proud of him. His finish time was 18:13 and his pace was 5:53. Wow.

Here are our friends Charles and Stacy at the end, and then at the finish (below). Stacy is seriously amazing. Stacy won the race! She was the first female and finished with a chip time of 19:57. That's a blistering pace of 6:26. Remarkable. And this was only her 3rd 5K. She is so fast. Loved watching Stacy, Charles and Kevin run, and win. :)

Here's Stacy with her the prize. (The mug, not the pup.) It was a huge bier stein. And the most hilarious part was that she went to the bier tent and they filled it up for her. All of the runners got a cup of bier at the end of the race, but this was like 50 cups worth. So funny to see this tiny girl with a ridiculously big cup of brew.

After the race we all walked around the Germantown street festival, which was a lot of fun. The boys loved looking at all of the people. We enjoyed good conversation, some gyros and of course a funnel cake. A full day, and we were home by 1:00 - just in time for a round of afternoon naps.