Saturday, December 20, 2008

Jingle Bell Jog 2008

We had a great morning today. All of us participated in a local Jingle Bell Jog 5K. We signed up for Tanner. After running a few 2 mile fun runs, he was frustrated with placing in the top few kids and not walking away with a trophy. He was ready to run a 5K.

He ran a 23:50 and placed 2nd in boys 14 and under. Ian beat us both with a sub 21, but his age group is competitive at 17 minutes. I ran with Beast to pace him and still placed 2nd in my age group. Pete is the only smart one among us who runs at a pace to enjoy himself. He was just minutes behind us.

This may not be the best photo of all of us, but I tell you I am thrilled to have it. With Ian off to college next year (and he really doesn't enjoy racing), this may be the only family race photo we get. BTW, Santa hats were encouraged. Tanner and I plan to run this race again next year by ourselves.




5 comments:

vanilla143 said...

What a joy to have at least one photo of your entire family involved in an activity mom and dad so love! Glad to see you are doing so well. God Bless

Anonymous said...

Love the photo and especially the hats! Pete and John sound like they have similar running mantras ~ have fun and ENJOY the run.

E said...

Yay for Tanner! And those shorts make me sick.

M said...

Hey V!
The family looks great! Miss you guys!
M

Rachel said...

Love the family photo... a scrapebook keeper.