Here we go again~

Okay, funnest morning for me in a Long Time! I decided I am hanging up my marathon shoes and just going to run 5k's with my kids from now on, it's WAY funner!!!  Not really but honestly, I am so darn proud of my kiddos right now.  Today we woke up early and got the boys up preparatory for the Salem Days Family Fun Run!!!  My cute little 6 year old has gone out a couple of times this week and ran up and down the block for some "training" in pursuit of his 1 mile race today!!!  He and Tyler took off for the out and back course so Evan, Jack and I ran around for a minute trying to get in places that we could snap some pics!  You should see how stinking cute he looked running with Tyler.  He has been working on his form and I must say I am impressed.  He finished at 10:13 taking 6th in his age group!!  It was a pretty competitive race. I couldn't believe all of the people out today running.  I was so proud of him for running and sticking with it and better yet, he had a great time running and now says he wants to keep running races, YEAH!!!  After Kael finished it was time for Tyler and I to run the 5k with Evan.  We geared up and off we went.  The first mile is a good up hill stretch and Evan didn't stop once.  He has also been sick this week with a nasty cold so that meant NO TRAINING and a little harder time breathing.  We got to the top of the hill and started down canal road and hit the 1 mile marker and Evan said "NO WAY IT'S ONLY BEEN A MILE", we had to laugh a bit.  Tyler and I just started talking and kept trucking a long and he hung in there all the way.  About mile 2 he got a side ache so we coached him through that and kept going.  There was a water stop at mile 2.5 so he grabbed a quick drink of water and got a 2nd wind and took off leaving Tyler and I for a minute.  So........we caught up with him and kept running until we hit the last stretch which included a hill followed by down hill (of course).  He booked it up the hill and then went full speed down the hill and...............of course; this made him sick to his stomach.  We literally had a tenth of a mile to go and he felt like he was going to throw up and couldn't breathe.  SO...........we took a mini walk break and then when he started up again, he literally took off so fast, we really couldn't keep up with him.  He crossed the finish line at 28:16 averaging a 9:03 mile!! I am so darn proud of him for doing this and he had a really good time!! We are already talking about finding some other 5k's coming up for us to do again!!  It was a FUN FUN morning and something that I look forward to continuing! Yeah!!!!