Kal-haven Relay

Woah baby bump!

The annual Kal-Haven Relay was the morning of March 23rd. This was the 6th time I've participated in this event. It's a 33.1 mile relay run on the Kal-Haven trail which begins in Kalamazoo and ends in South Haven.  NO, I didn't run the whole thing by my self!  Haha.  I think a marathon (26.2) is the longest distance I'll ever accomplish in one setting.  Quite a few runners run this solo, however. There are also two - six person teams.  This year we had a three person team which consisted of one of our friends who ran just over 23 miles, then me who ran 5, and Will who also ran 5 miles.  Instead of pinning our numbers to our shirts, we used the same race belt, you can notice it on Will in the picture below.  We passed the racing belt each time we made a runner switch.  This belt is what is emphasizing my baby bump, I wore mine under my shirt and didn't tighten it so it was creeping up my torso the whole time rather than sitting on my hips where it's supposed to.  We wore shirts which promoted the Cowboy Trail Run 5k in Augusta, MI on June 2, 2013 hosted by the Cheff Center which is a therapeutic horse riding center in the area. (http://www.cheffcenter.org/eventDetail.php?Cowboy-Trail-Run-12)  I had a lot of runners in passing ask about it.  Last year was the first one, which I didn't get to participate in, but I'll be there this year!  Any running buddies are welcome to join me and my baby bump!!! :)  Our friend who ran the majority of the relay's parents are pretty good friends with the owner of the Cheff Center, so she asked us to wear them.   

Will finishing the last leg of the relay, his FIRST Kal-Haven experience!