As I mentioned last week, Matt registered for a last
minute 5k and he ran it on Sunday. The race, the Star Kid 5K and Family
Fun Run, was a well-organized charity race in Fairfax to benefit the Inova
Children’s Heart Program. As a lot of you know, one of our twin girls was
born with a congenital lung disorder requiring major surgery, so running to
support any cause that helps children with childhood illness is a cause worth
running for! Matt hadn’t run the course before so he didn’t know what to
expect. We had intended to drive the race course on Saturday, but by the
time we made it over to pick up his race packet after ballet and lunch, the
kids had reached critical and needed their afternoon nap. We decided that
since it was only a 5k that hopefully there wouldn’t be too many tough or easy
to miss turns. We got to the start a little early and could see that it
was going to be a tight first mile with several quick, sharp turns. Matt
decided to take the first mile out fast so that he could get through those
turns without a lot of people around him so he didn’t run into anyone.
There were a few kids on the starting line and he was worried he might not see
them. Unfortunately, Matt didn’t have a guide for the race. With
the exception of a couple of rolling hills in the back half, it was a pretty
easy course. Matt tuckered out in the last mile since he had to go out
hard, but still ran the race in 18:33 and placed third OVERALL!
When we can, we stay for the awards ceremonies.
Zachary fell asleep in his carrier and the girls watched a balloon artist make
a bunch of different animals, so we were able to keep everyone happy for the 45
minutes or so until the awards. I’m sure glad we did because Matt won
$150 in cash! We weren’t expecting such a generous award since it was a
charity run, so we were very pleasantly surprised. That covers Matt’s new
running shoes he got on Friday!
I only got a couple of pictures of Matt at the beginning
of the race, but I thought I’d share them with you. Since I made fun of
him for wearing the same thing to every race, he decided to wear a different
pair of shorts. But really, do they look that different than the usual
pair?!
Happy running!
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Matt in the first quarter mile |
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Matt passing us |
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We were keeping ourselves entertained at the three mile mark waiting for Matt to come back in. |
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