A 5K In The Eyes Of A 6 Yr. Old

These are pictures that were taken by Sara Ava (our 6 yr. old) from our last 5K, 2 weeks ago. The boys Cross Country Team had a fundraiser called "Run with the Bruins". I entrusted my camera into her small little hands for about 35 minutes and told her to take pictures of all of us as we ran by her and Lilee who stood with the boys Cross Country Wife ( who was actually timing everyone). I didn't know how or if any pictures would  turn out, but they did. I think she did a pretty darn good job! I had my camera on the easy button so that she could just point and shoot. The only bad thing about that is it has a delay and when you are taking pictures of runners, they may be gone by the time the picture is taken. ;0)  So here are my little photographer's pictures.....I have to teach her a couple of things though.....

 like never take pictures facing the sun ;0).....This picture was of Karlton, Joel, Aunt Glenda (who came to walk/run) and myself before the race started. Who knows where the 2 big boys were?

She got a great close up of Jordan, who blew us all away........ She just cut his head off.....but hey when your only 3 1/2 ft. tall......

Here comes Josiah running with some Cross Country girls ;0)

Here I come in my Hot Pink shirt.....lol..... At least the girls knew who I was ;0)  ( I know I look stupid running :0) ! This is why Karlton says I look like a bunny hopping down the road!

Jordan crossing the finish line...... He came in 11th over All 120 people who participated....

Josiah finished 23rd over All......

Karlton ended up beating me in his first 5K (darn).... He never has beat me.... Karlton came in 16th for the men! Pretty good for a first race!!!! So I owed him lunch....

Here I finally come......Lilee ran out to meet me when I had to stop and throw up at the 30 mark on the wall....Nice I know!!!!! I had to throw up twice during that race. It was 36 degrees that morning and my asthma was Horrible with a capital H... I could not get air into my lungs at all!!!! Plus I had a really bad sinus infection.....What does all that equal???? Me throwing up twice, and I almost could not finish the race....But it is just not in me to not finish!! So if I look like I was in pain in those pictures. I was!!!! I came in 6th for the women over all though.... which makes me sooo made because until the 2nd mile when I had to stop to throw up the first time I was in 2nd place (for the women) grrrrrrrrr! Plus I was on Karlton's heals the whole time too. I was going to pass him and blow him out of the water in the end when he was tired, and when I was not because I am used to running more then 3.1 miles. But it did not work out like I planned. Oh well... Can you tell I have a competitive nature! Well I do and it is mainly only with myself! Right on the last leg I was taking it easy until the final stretch and this girl thought she was going to pass me and I was like.... Oh No You Don't!!! So I turned it loose and blew her out of the water.....but that is when I had to stop to throw up for the 2nd time. She ended up beating me by 1 second....Grrrrr. I was trying to be a lady and not let the whole world see me throw up...but if I had to do it over again.... I would skip the being a lady part and have kept going! ;0)





My little Joely (9 yr old) who trained for 2 weeks before the race, came in about 2 minutes after I did! Which I was in shock, because I could never get him to run more then 2.7 miles and he would stop to break and rest while I would finish running. The little booger came in 27th for the men!!! Good job Joely!!! He was suppose to be staying with our friends from church who are new runners. But he beat them both....

Aunt Glenda did really good too! She beat her usual time by about 2 minutes, and Allison my friend from church did better then her usual running time too! Good Job everyone!!! Thanks for helping the boys Fundraiser!



You all stay tuned....... I will be posting about a new Sponsor on Monday!!!!