hi family! This is Rianne...just posting a little update. today may 30 marks the day of the dam to dam. I was not alone in this endeavour....i did it with my friend lauren (many of you met at easter) and my parents were not far behind me!! They decided i beieve 2 days ago to walk the the dam to dam...they did great. I think we would all say it was a big test on our bodies! it was a beautiful day (i hope we will have the same weather for the freedom run!) the sun did get warm at times but there was a nice breeze...especially at the tail wind of all those who passed me :) HAHA. I finised in under three hours...which was a goal for me...and i forget the time my parents finished in (right around three hours and 16 mins i think they said!) enough time that i wouldn't want to go up against them in a walking race.
I know i felt like it was all surreal and that it was all kind of a daze. I do know i can run the whole 5K because we did that at the start :)

Stay encouraged family! You are all doing great and I LOVE hearing progress everyone is making. Even Anne (i see your updates on the facebook). I am so proud of all of you and am excited to do this freedom run...it was almost all i talked about, and now that dam to dam is done it will be all i talk about :) Becky has a 5K coming up in june she is doing for breast cancer i believe--that will be cute shirt! :) But really...i wanted to leave a little note, because i know the weather is getting warmer and thing are starting to get busy--but keep running! we are almost there...and we have our best encouragers with us (EACHOTHER)...we get to really show sully that there truly isn't much our family WON'T do! we play together, laugh together, love together, pray together, and RUN TOGETHER! i know Pake is/will be proud...and obviously beppe is behind us 100%--along with all those who aren't doing it! to those who aren't...your role is important too! we need good looking cheerleaders :) we will take care of eachother on the course and we will have you at the end hopefully with water bottles and dry clothes---and a spot in line for pancakes!

I love you all...keep up the running!
my summer of running schedule.... Klompen classic = CHECK
Dam to Dam = CHECK
Freedom Run = Anticipating!

Rianne