Living History Farms Race

For the past 3 years the Saturday before Thanksgiving you can find us at the Living History Farms 7 mile cross country race.

It is a crazy race through the mud, over the streams, up the hills, and across the grass. People wear crazy costumes, including the iconic man who runs barefoot in just a loin cloth. I feel crazy bundling up my boys and offroading with my gigantic double stroller so we can cheer Clark on along the way. This year we were in a spot at mile 5 where Ethan could see Clark really well and yell, "go Daddy go!" He was so excited when Clark came over and gave him a little hug.

It was a cold 29 degrees this year, but we were happy there was no snow. Clark did a great job. His time was almost 45 mins. faster this year than it was the first year he did it. He has improved a lot! Last night we were looking at my blog posts from the past 3 races and Clark was commenting on how his jowls have shrunk significantly along with his race times...I was laughing at him, but it is true...you can check out my old posts if you want to see this transformation! Muah ha ha! I'm proud of him!

The only race you can enjoy homemade BEEF stew after the race.

The guy in the trench coat has a sign on his back that says Sherlock Gnolmes.

Kiss made an appearance.

There was also a horse running in snow pants.

If you want to see more pictures of the crazy costumes and crazy terrain of the race click this link to see photos from the Des Moines Register: Pictures

After the race they had a race for the kids. Ethan ran in the 2 year old race, he took after his mother in this race and took last place. Apparently his mittens and coat were bothering him along the way so he kept stopping and making Clark adjust them along the course. It was hilarious! He was expecting a popsicle when he finished because that is what he got after a race in July. He was quite disappointed, but Clark distracted him by sharing his chocolate doughnut with him.

Ethan's ribbon.


Trying to warm up on the way home.

Fun times had by all!