Sweet Daugher's First 5K

On Saturday Sweet Daughter ran her first 5K with me. It was a Mother's Day race which was awesome! She all out sprinted as fast as she could for 1.5 miles. Then she wanted to walk the rest of the way.

Before the race 

(friend in side of picture is not one of the ones mentioned in the next paragraph)

 About the time I convinced her to run again she saw friends from school cheating - riding in a stroller or cutting a mile off the course (we saw both). Sweet Daughter said she didn't want to run if no one else was going to do it right. Both of those girls finished before her and that frustrated Sweet Daughter. I can't blame her. It frustrated me also. It gave us the perfect opportunity to discuss why we don't cut corners (literally or figuratively) and what really makes someone a winner.

The boys cheered us on - and ended up in the local paper

It's a sprint or a slow walk - nothing in between

Post race with our medals and flowers

They had the energy to jump for another 30 minutes.

The daily goal is to wear them out.