Andreae Adventures: The Color Run

The Color Run in Indy was this Saturday. I was looking forward to it even though I hadn't trained and other than chasing Natalie around, the only exercise I had done was going to Zumba 1 day. Everyone that ran/walked it in our group, named A DAB of Color (DAB for our last names, Davis, Andreae, and Brodzinski) were Matt and Amanda, Bobby and I, my mom, and Matt's mom. Matt and his mom ran the entire 5k run, Bobby and I jogged/walked (jogging probably half or a little more than half and walking in between), Amanda and my mom jogged a little, but walked mostly.

I have to say, I was quite impressed with myself with the amount that I ran because I was really planning on jogging at the beginning and walking the rest. When I signed up (still pregnant), I thought it would be great motivation to start exercising after having Aubrey, but little did I know how unmotivated I would be and how hard it is to take care of 2 kids at the ages they are during the day. There is another race in September in Indy with the same concept, called Color Me Rad, that Amanda had to back out of, so I will probably run it in her place with my mom and Matt. It is really only a month a way, so I better get my butt in gear!

My poor dad (with some help from Matt's stepdad) was in charge of the girls while we ran/walked. When we went to line up at 8a (which we didn't even cross the start line until 9a), Aubrey was screaming. I felt so bad for him because I know how it is! He said Natalie was good for as long as she had to sit and Aubrey cried half the time while we were gone. I think he was the most tired of all of us even though he wasn't in the race. We really appreciate you being the babysitter and photographer today, Dad! However, I don't think we will talk him into that again :)

The race was fun, but I really don't know if I would do it again just because it was completely unorganized and just a big cluster! Like I said, the race instructions stated it would start at 8am SHARP, but because they started groups in waves, I guess to spread people out (which didn't make any difference) it made standing in line to start REALLY annoying! I would guess there were more walkers than runners and by the time we got to the finish line (which I was finishing jogging with Bobby's motivation) we basically were at a standstill and had to weave through people while walking to even get across because people just stopped to take pictures. Very interesting race to say the least.

On Friday night before the race, we all ate at Buca di Beppo's. We finally got the "pope" table after 3 previous attempts in years past. However, orders got screwed up, manager had to get involved several times, and it just wasn't very enjoyable at the end because of the huge mix-ups! At least, Bobby and my meals were correct!

Aubrey slept through the entire meal and Natalie was pretty excellent considering she didn't eat until 7:30p and was up way past her bedtime!

Overall, we had a fun time with family and friends!

Some pictures from dinner: