At long last, we come to a post on Thanksgiving. As has been tradition since Dylan was like 2, the kids ran the Turkey Trot. This year, I did, too…(and I got a lovely, long-sleeved, purple tech tee to boot!).
We never really know how Cameron will feel about running events and such, but she LOVED getting a medal!
And she ran an amazing race! The kids races were much better-organized this year (and had a double-bib system implemented where kid had one bib and parent had a matching one), but I wanted to run with her anyway. But, when I tried to hold her hand, she shook me off and said she wanted to go herself! And, she ran the entire way!! She was phenomenal! For sure, she earned her medal!
Dylan, of course, did, too. His course was .5 miles and Cameron’s was .25.
Cameron enjoyed running so much, though, that she pretty much ran the entire distance back to the light rail station (probably about 1 mile or so). She just wanted to keep on running. It was very sweet and very awesome.
Not sure what will happen at next year’s turkey trot as Dylan will now have to register for the 5K…and Chloe will be eligible to run the kids race! I’m not sure how we’ll manage all the races. Tom or I, for sure, will have to accompany Dylan and hopefully, that team will finish in time for the start of Chloe’s and Cameron’s age groups. It was tricky to get Dylan and Cameron off safely at their start lines with both Tom and I available to take one kid…! Not sure how possible it will be for both girls to race if only one parent is available to get them to their start lines and meet them at their finishes! Yikes. Guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
