Annual Rockets Run 2013

I didn't want to forget to post about the Rockets Run on November 9th because it was monumental for our family this year ;) My mom and dad joined the kids on their kids 1K and they were so glad to have them!!

Cavin was ready to leave the house and win! He is our competitive child!

Channing was ready to go for a stroller ride ;)

And as usual Ella was the last one down the stairs bright and early to leave.We got down there and the first miracle was that my mom and dad beat us there ;) That was fun. Originally my mom was going to run with Ella, Cavin with my dad, and Ragnar was going to push Channing, because I was running in the 5K. When the gun went off Cavin took off as usual and my dad "trained" to keep up with him... which I was not worried about...my dad could have beaten him if he wanted. Anyway, Ella wanted to run faster than usual and ran along side my dad and Cavin. Ragnar, Channing, and my mom were not far behind to finish! Channing got out of the stroller and ran the last 200 meters. It was my favorite memory to see my dad holding Cavin and Ella's hand down the last stretch to the finish line, helping them along, as they were getting tired. They all finished and did great!

As for me, I got to see them finish then I ran over to the start line and ran my race. I couldn't get out of the pack of people the first couple minutes which was frustrating as I wanted to break 22 minutes, but I got 22:09 and I think I could have broken 21 if I could have gotten out of the pack. Oh well...I'm getting old and I still got second in my age group and finished in the top 100 of over 1750 runners, so I still enjoy giving it a shot! Until next year....