Friday night is the Kid's Fun Run for Ironman. I had registered Courtney and were told to get there early to pick up her packet. So we went about 45 minutes early, got her number, t-shirt and wrist band, then we had a ton of time to wait. There is a made-made kids river to play in so I let her do that while we waited for the race. At 6 p.m. they took all the kids to the starting point. On the way there Courtney turned to me and said, "You can leave now, I'm fine." So I found my parents at the finish line so I could watch. But they did the race differently this time and they let the kids running the mile go first. I was a bit nervous because Courtney was waiting without me but when I checked on her she seemed fine. It took all the mile runners about 20-25 minutes to finish (they had some little kids running that mile) and then it was time for the 200 meter run.
My mom spotted Courtney first but I got a great shot of her running with her tongue hanging out! It's hilarious. But she did a great job and had so much fun. They gave her a plastic medal (the same as last year) and then she went to our pre-arranged meeting place while I ran all over trying to find her. I finally remembered that we had a meeting place and when I got there she was wondering where I had been. ;)
The event had twice as many kids as last year so they ran out of juice/water with the mile runners, so I took Courtney out to dinner. I was going to do this anyway because the boys were at Fathers and Sons and we wanted a "Girl Night" but I let her think it was because she did so well in the run.
What a great event!
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Way to go Courtney! My kids are dying to get their first run of the season under their belts.
I wish we had had more time but Brandon and I came your way last weekend and watched the bikers fly by in front of our condo. What a crazy event! I can't even imagine doing one of the legs!
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