The annual Dr. John Stephenson Youth Run was last Saturday. The three oldest ran again this year. There were about 50 runners in each group of boys and girls for each age. L (4) finished 13th in her age, running 1/4 mile. R (5) finished 8th at 1/4 mile and O (7) finished 5th in the 1/2 mile. I was positioned with T (2) near the finish, which was a great place to see the last 1/8 mile. L had a very serious and determined face, though I could tell she was maintaining an easy jogging pace. R was much the same, with a determined glint in his eye and yet not giving running his fastest. To their credit, it IS downhill there, and they had been running quite a distance. O was in a tight clump of boys that all finished within two seconds of each other. From where I was, it looked like he would take third... but right at the bottleneck at the finish line he very politely allowed the other boys to go in first. (I guess you can see that competitive spirit that comes out when we want our children to do well!) Overall, we were pleased again with their excitement and pleasure in running. (Oh, and L won a gift card for ice cream, so that was very exciting.) It was a fun family morning.
Two Runners
2 comments:
Great job, guys! Can't wait to run in our first race together someday! :)
Sounds like some good family fun! I'm glad that they don't seem too competitive yet, though. :)
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