Fort 4 Fitness Kids Race

This summer, the kids got registered for the kids marathon.  They attempt to run 25 miles throughout the summer and fall and the final 26th mile would be an actual race downtown at the Tin Caps Baseball field.  The 25 miles happened to be easy when they translate swimming, soccer, gymnastics, and all the other active things the kids do.  We took the big boys running with us on several occasions around the track at the gym.  And those boys are fast!!  Jaxton has great stamina.  He can run without stopping for long distances and then saves that crazy fast sprint for the last 30 seconds and will just take off!!  We will have to encourage him to do cross country next year in 5th grade.  And Cooper is also very very fast.  He is a sprinter for shorter distances.  

The kids race was pretty exciting.  We arrived just as they were counting down from 10 and the big boys and their buddies took off running as fast as they could!  Kaylee ran with her friend Keagan and they didn't stop the entire mile.  They were running fast and so excited!!  I ran with Dawson, who's run was as fast as my walk.  So lucky  me, being 9 months pregnant I got to walk ;-).  Dawson was a trooper.  He was motivated for this!  He would hear the music getting louder and it would motivate him that we were getting closer to the finish.  There were lots of people that offered him high fives along the course and he took every single high five with the biggest grin on his face.  He was loving it.  At the finish line he put his hands up and ran hard through the finish and got a medal put around his neck.  He was so very very proud!  What a fun experience!