America's Kids Run

We haven't slept in on a Saturday since February. On our one Saturday free from soccer we were up at dawn for the America's Kids Run on post. The boys were registered to run in two separate races. The 5/6 aged group was to run 1/2 mile and the 7/8 aged group was to run 1 mile. 

Once we lined up at the starting line, the race organizers failed to tell the kids that the first start time was for the 9-13 year olds two mile race, so when the shot was fired ALL of the kids took off. I tried to call Keagan back to the start line for his race, but he was gone. He hurdled yellow tape to catch up with the big kids. Wes tried to jog up to call Evan back, but with hundreds of adults yelling "turn back", "not yet", and "come back", Evan didn't hear anything. We thought the race organizers would turn Keagan around when they saw the smallest guy running with a pack of tweens. Then we thought he would surely turn around with Evan at the one mile mark. Instead, both boys ran the full two mile race side by side. When we asked why they ran the full two miles with the older kids, Evan said, "We weren't tired yet so we kept on going."

They crossed the finish line in front of the Garrison Commander at the 23 minute mark.

Clearly the two miles was not enough to tire them out. They met up with some friends to play tug of war, run a couple of sack races, and run through the obstacle course.

Yes, the little girl in the photos is the same girl in the previous post. When asked about her, Evan will claim that they aren't even friends. Could have fooled me, though. They hung around this morning as if they were BFFs.