Medio Maraton de Madrid!

Last weekend Team Calle Mayor (Tim, Cor and Karin) ran the Half Marathon of Madrid! Karin and I (cory) have been training for the past 2 1/2 months or so for the event, neither of us having run a race before. As far as Tim's training was concerned, well, he played a little bit of soccer and a little bit of tennis...called it good...ran 21 kilometers with no problem (such a dork!). We had tons of fun as we were cheered on by the Madrileños (local Madridians) - hearing them say, "Animo, animo!" (Basically, "Go for it! You got it!") and "Venga,venga!" (Maybe like "Come on, come on!"). There were 13,000 others there participating in the race with us as we ran through this streets of this metropolis.
We started, ran, and finished the race all together - truly memorable for all of us and a great accomplishment. Tim and I were especially proud of Karin; she had never really ran before, but took this race on like a total champ!

In other recent news, I have just recently stopped teaching English to kids and have now started teaching adult English at Mercedes Benz, of all places. I don't think I can swing any insider deals on a car for me or any of you because it is a spare parts plant; so in that case, if anyone needs another radiator or special windshield wiper for your Benz - you know who to call;)

Finally, occasionally we have had the opportunity to hang out with some youth here in Spain through Karin's youth group ("youth" in Spain includes the ages of 12-28. Not kidding!). A couple weekends ago, we dressed up along with 8 others, as the teens searched for all of us in a super crowded Spanish mall. Tim was definitely the freak show of the mall...Spaniards NEVER dress like he was. I went as a very, very pregnant woman (which many of our friends are back home in real life!). Check the pic out below.

Here are some PICS of the race and other recent funness from Calle Mayor!!

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OH! We didn't tell you that we actually won the race! Tim took first, Karin second, and I dragged in at third. Amazing, no?!

Here are your friends: super-pregnant Cor and grungy biker/hippie Timmy. People could not believe he was the father of "the baby".

Another link to the pics if you missed the one above (here)