Archie did it, and I am SO SO proud of him! He completed his FIRST kids' marathon last week in Virginia Beach. In the three months leading up to race day, we ran 25 miles in one-mile increments. Some of those miles were run in uncomfortably cold weather, too. He ran the final mile with 4,500 other kids on race day. His time was 10:24 - not bad for a first timed race. Mom was pretty nervous turning him loose in a crowd that big. After the race, he went straight to our appointed meeting spot and Hunt found him with no problems. My little boy is growing up. This feels like a major milestone.
Grace is never one to be left out of the fun. She ran the Leprechaun Dash - all 26.2 yards of it. Yes, that's right, like the distance across your living room. It was totally a vanity race, but Grace would have been devastated not to get her goody bag and tee shirt. As you can see from the pictures, she was pretty happy afterward. Her sprint was untimed, but we are pretty sure she was second across the finish line. Of course, the first out of the corral tends to have the advantage in such a short race. But the key is Grace made sure she was first in the corral.
I think more races are in our future. Who knows? Mom might even start running again.
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