IMG_1468-vavajyI’m very excited to announce that I finally got a picture of me wearing the Annie mascot costume! It took three days of climbing into the costume, three days of racing against two other characters, three days of entertaining fans, but it was all worth it because I finally got my picture. I had just finished up a race (which I won by the way) and I was making my way through the stands to take pictures with fans. All of a sudden, I see two very unexpected people asking for a picture with “Annie”: my mom and sister. Of course my sister recognized my shoes and knew that the person behind the Annie costume was indeed her sister. I noticed their giggles as they each posed with me individually and then had a stranger take a picture of us three and then ordered me to “twirl” for a video that later got sent out to all of my grandparents. While the Annie costume is not exactly flattering or comfortable, it makes for some really funny pictures.