The family that runs together...

Last weekend, the boys participated in the first fun run in the 2011 Healthy Kids Run Series. It's a fabulous, and free, program through our local hospital system. Kids can run in up to nine one-mile fun runs between May and November. Prizes are available depending on the number of runs completed. Mostly, just way cool. :)

In any case, we headed up to Old Town and got the boys all situated. Nathan stayed with the boys while I headed to the finish line. The start was staggered (10-12 year olds then 7-9 year olds then 5-6 year olds and then 4 and unders) to avoid smaller kids being trampled (yay), and no times were kept. (Noah, however, ran with a stop watch so he could track his own time, lol. For the record, he did manage to beat his previous best time for a mile...they run the mile for fitness testing during PE at Options each year.)

We thought, too, that it was very cool that the kids got to cross the same finish line as the marathoners. (Did I mention that the Colorado Marathon (and half marathon and 10K and 5K) were also run that morning? Most had finished before the fun run's noon start.) It was hard to position myself to get a decent shot, but I did manage to catch Noah crossing the finish line:

I missed Asher altogether, unfortunately, but did see Micah come down the stretch. Afterward, I managed this picture of all three boys. (Micah had *just* finished so was a bit winded still.)

So. That was that. All three had a great time and are looking forward to the coming runs this summer! They're trying to convince Nathan that he should run at least one of the events. In particular, they seem to think that the Father's Day 5K would be perfect, though Nathan has other ideas about what makes a good Father's Day, LOL! (Nathan actually ended up running a portion of the fun run alongside Micah and was more tired than the boys afterward. ;) Let's just say that he doesn't really run...old ankle injury that makes it difficult.) In any case, more likely than not, I'll run at least one event with them at some point later this summer (just wasn't quite feeling up to it quite yet, lol).

I find it very cool that there are four pairs of running shoes in the house now:

Yay!

(And, the boys would like me to wish y'all a very happy Star Wars Day! ;) May the 4th be with you!)