Kent (Melissa's brother) is the superstar runner in our family. A few months ago he took Clayton on a 5K fun run. Apparently Clayton has runner's blood coursing through his veins because he did quite well. And so began our family adventure of preparing for the big 5K held by Clayton's school.Before getting ready for this 5K, I think the farthest I'd ever run was about 800 meters, so running 5 kilometers seemed like a mountain of a hurdle. Melissa, Clayton, and I prepared for a couple months, though, by jogging the course 2-3 times per week. By the time the big day arrived, I'd gotten to the point where I could at least jog the whole thing. Hurray!
On the day of the run it poured buckets, and it was very chilly out. The run was on May 2nd, which should have been decent weather.
As you can see from Clayton's big toothless smile as he crossed the finish line, he probably had a lot more gas left in him. He's a natural at age 7 clocking in at 29:18. Among the students from his school who ran the race, he came in 3rd; 1st and 2nd were two 12-year-olds, so he did pretty darn good! He beat Melissa by a minute, and he beat me by just over two minutes! But we all finished! We're very proud of Clayton for doing so well, and we're grateful to Kent for getting us off the couch! Oh, and by the way, Kent won Men's Overall . . . of course.
7 comments:
Glad to have you back blogging! Good job on the 5K and New York looks like so much fun!
That looks really wet and really cold. I love Clayton's smile at the end though. What a fun family memory. Keep running!
Way to go you guys. That's a great accomplishment. Perhaps it will serve as inspiration for me to join my kids in their school's fun run.
nice job!
WOW! That's a huge accomplishment. How fun to find what your child is gifted at and loves so much. Good thing he has an uncle that shares his passion. Way to go you guys! I don't think I'd be out there training....much less running in freezing cold rain. Good job!
Way to go! You guys rock! Although I have to agree with Leslie about running in the rain.
So, is Clayton bugging you to do another 5k soon?
Great Blog, anyone blog that calls me a superstar of any kind gets two thumbs up by me. I really am so proud of how great all three of you guys did. I have a feeling it won't be too long before I'm finishing behind Clayton in those races.
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