Saturday was race day for Eli and I. He ran in his first kids fun run and I ran in a 15K (9.3 miles) as a final tune up for my half marathon coming up in a couple weeks now.
Eli was pretty excited for his first race. We had run/walked a mile at the house a couple times over the last couple weeks and he was ready to go.
He got to meet Raider Red before the race started.
There were 90 kids that ran in the kids fun run, but at least half of them had parents running with them so there was quite a crowd at the start.
And their off! It was an all out sprint at the start. Eli got caught up in the excitement and took off and left Cathy in the dust! He was SO excited, he was just beaming!
After the fast start things slowed down quite a bit. Eli would run a while then walk a while but he still had enough energy to come up with his own obstacle course on the route.
The excitement was back to a fever pitch at the finish and he managed to sprint in the last few yards.
There was quite a crowd cheering them on.
All the kids that finished got a medal. He was pretty pumped.
Not sure anyone wants to see any pictures of me after all those pictures of such a cute kid, but Cathy took some pictures of me running my race as well. They started the 2 mile and 15K together so there was almost 300 runners at the start. I started at the back of the pack with the other slow movers.
Here's me at about the 5 mile mark. About half those women behind me in this picture ended up passing me when I blew up at the 6 mile mark.
Lots of lessons learned and it was a pretty warm morning and the 20-25mph winds didn't help a whole lot. Hopefully I'll be able to get closer to my goal coming up in a couple weeks at the half marathon.
Eli and I both ended up getting medals! I'm sure glad the West Texas Running club has a Clydesdale (AKA Fat Boy) division so I actually have a chance of competing. If I had to run against all the skinny little guys in my age division I wouldn't stand a chance!
If anyone is intersted in the specifics I think I have set up that activity as a publicly viewable page on my runkeeper program. It shows my pace each mile, heart rate, map, and other fun stuff.
Here's the link - http://runkeeper.com/user/npaden/activity/81529336
That's it for now. I'm hoping for cooler weather for my half marathon, that's for sure!
Nathan
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Such a strong and a brave boy. I know you will be more active and you have a brighter future on it. Keep it up!!!
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