Saturday, October 3, 2009
Running is most DEFINITELY a family affair. Donnie and I both ran through high school and met on the cross country team in college. We continued competing even after Sky was born and took him to all our races... in fact, I ran Nationals pregnant with him. So he was DESTINED to be a runner as well! =) My younger brother, Greg, competed on our cross country and track team throughout high school after I graduated. Donnie's younger sister, Jenn, started running and competing when she was young, years before Donnie did. Jenn still runs and takes our niece, Kaitlynn, to runs and track meets. Donnie and Jenn were able to run on the cross country and track teams together in high school and had a full page article published in their local newspaper titled, "A Family Affair." We all LOVE that we are able to keep that legacy going...
There was a Historic District Run in town today... so we woke up early to watch Donnie run the 10k and Sky the 5k. Kaden slept over at his best friend, Braydon's, house... we knew he had a great time over there, so we didn't feel too bad he missed out. (By the way, Sky is wearing Donnie's Army PT -Physical Training- shirt... crazy that it actually fits!!)
Kaleb & I had fun watching them run. It's hard for all five of us to be able to race on the same day, since one of us needs to run the mile with Kaleb when he runs... and Donnie, Sky and I can't all run the longer races on the same day and leave the younger boys. So we have an agreement to alternate days we all run. I would have loved to race today, but it was just as fun to watch and cheer Donnie & Sky on!!
It is finally beginning to feel like fall here... at least in the mornings. I was SO excited to wake up and put a jacket on!
It's been a while since Donnie has been able to do a race, so he was VERY pleased he did much better than the goal he had set for himself today. =)
Today was Sky's first 5k race, wahoo!!! Usually when we do road races, he prefers to run the mile... we think he was just unsure about how he would do in a longer race. He does 3-4 mile runs every week for cross country practice and JROTC, but it's a bit different to race that distance. It was SO fun to watch him run!! He wasn't very tired when he was finished with the race, so he knows he'll be able to do even better next time!
Our downtown historic district is so pretty with it's old brick buildings, historic statues & plaques, and fountains. Kaleb especially liked this fountain. =)
Donnie and Sky now have the same running shoes, which Sky thinks is SO cool. However, it looks like they'll be wearing the same sizes soon too! (Donnie's foot is in back, Sky's in front) Sky is in an 8 now, which is catching up to Donnie's 10 1/2. Just a matter of time now, Dad!!
We were SO proud to cheer Sky on as he went up for his trophy... he placed 1st in his 15-19 age group, which is QUITE an accomplishment! Go Sky!!!
Kaleb was SO happy to be able to go up to get Donnie's trophy. Donnie won his age group as well, so it was a GREAT race day!!
We decided we're going to put a family trophy display together with all of our trophies and medals from the runs we do together. I thought it'd be cute to display framed photos of us all running too... and a plaque that says something like, "A Family That Races Together, Goes Places Together." Hahaha.... we have NO idea why our friends call us cheesy!! The REALLY sad truth is... we LIKE to be!! =)
