Last month I mentioned to my kids that it was time to register for the Gilbert Days Family Fun Run and asked if they would be interested in participating again this year. The answer was yes!
A week ago yesterday was the big day. All three ran their hearts out and crossed the finish line with big smiles and their chins up.
Here is the Buster, who shaved almost two minutes from his time last year. What a champ! I think next year I'll run the 5K with him and see if I can keep up!
Next in, #3. I ran along side her and expected any minute for her to need a walking break, but it never happened. She plowed through the whole mile barely breaking a sweat. And yes, she most definitely is running in a skirt. What else would you expect from her?
Poor #1 had to learn a lesson on pacing the hard way. She shot out of the starting line at a full sprint and kept sprinting until she was out of breath and needed to walk in order to recover. After that she kept up a nice even pace and came in about 15 seconds after #3. I was so proud of her for persevering and pushing it until the end!
I'm loving our Gilbert Days Family Fun Run tradition. As I tried to convince Spouse to run it with us, he aptly pointed out that we needed him not to run so there was someone on camera duty at the finish line. Hmm. Good point.
3 comments:
You guys are so awesome. Still, I find something inherently wrong with using the words "fun" and "run" in the same sentence... :)
in the pic, i thought #3 was #1 and had to re-check... have to see those kids of yours soon!
I was wanting to cheer for them just looking at the pictures. And they do look like they are having fun. Tell #1 I am impressed with her form. I'm proud of all of them! Great tradition you have started.
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