Moments in Time with the Ahlstroms: Bolder Boulder 2008

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Bolder Boulder 2008

We did it!!! My family and I finally completed our goal of running the Bolder Boulder. Ben did great and could have easily left us behind with his long gazelle-like skinny legs and long stride. He hardly trained at all and he finished in 1 hr and 10 minutes, and still had time to take a potty break and eat chocolate covered strawberries on the side of the road. What's up with that????

My cousin Claudia and her boyfriend lake finished in 1 hr 5 minutes. My mom and busted our butts, stopped for water break and finished in 1 hr 16 minutes.

Our friends Jenny and Steve Desmond beat the whole pack of us in 1 hr and 5 minutes.

My sweet brother, Hernan was our one man cheering section in the stadium!! Thanks, Hernan!!

My dad was kind enough to ride on side streets on Ben's bike to take photographs of us and document our adventure.

Finally, on our way to the car, we ran into the Colorado Rapids mascot and posed for a picture! The best part was, that 2 nights earlier, our team "Chivas USA" (the striped shirts we were wearing) had just beat the Rapids in a soccer game in Denver!! And that fuzzy big raccoon posed with us anyway.

Would we do it again? You bet!!! Let me know if you want to join us for next year's race!! We start training next week!!

4 comments:

The Graffs said...: I'd love to run it with you next year if I were closer!!!! Way to go!!!!; May 29, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Jolayne said...: Congratulations! So what's your next goal?; May 31, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Amy said...: way to go!!! looks like fun.; June 1, 2008 at 3:33 PM
KrisJ said...: WOW good job! I love your shorts! Looks like you guys had a great time!; June 1, 2008 at 6:30 PM

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