Fun Run

At the beginning of the summer when we set our goals everyone had lofty visions of the number of miles we would put in and that we would be running machines by the end of July.  We hoped that we would be ready for the 5k's that we had set for our goals.  Well the first race came and the verdict is in.....we didn't do to bad.  In fact I am pretty darn impressed with those children of ours.  Troy was not with us the night of the community Fun Run so we set out by ourselves.  We got the early so we just hung out for a little while.  Cambelle was getting a little nervous but held in there.  Since this was a community event and we live in a rather small community there were not a huge number of people, in fact there were about four or five families.  One of those families however consists of about six brothers and sisters whose kids are all running machines, they are fun to watch.  Our goal was to finish.  The gun went off, actually the gun wasn't working so the announcer said bang really loud in the microphone, and the race was on.  J.T.  has a much faster pace so he went on ahead.  Sara was with some friends, so Cambelle and I were partners.  It was a really warm evening so I knew it would be tough but those kids hung in there.  J.T. ran the ENTIRE way.  Now the reason that is so impressive is that he hasn't run three miles consecutively ever.  He runs about two when we go, so this was a major step ahead.  Sara ran and walked but kept a great pace.  Cambelle and I also did a lot of alternating between walking and running.  She was a champ and would pick out something in the distance and say, "Let's run to that and then walk for a bit."  There was only once that tears sprang to those cute blue eyes, but she didn't quit and she didn't complain and she ran the last length.  She collapsed at the end but we all finished.  J.T. finished in 32 minutes, Sara 35 minutes and Cambelle and I in 38 minutes.  I know it is a hard thing yet they accomplished it, and we did it together.  I hope that there will be at least one more opportunity for us to run again this summer.