MEMORIAL DAY RUNNING

Today we all ventured to Principal Park, home of the I-Cubs .  I had registered to run a 8K race (5 miles for you non-runners) and they were also having a fun run for the kiddies.  This was just my second race/run (I hesitate to say I’m race because I’m just tickled to death to cross the finish line–even if I’m dead last!) and I was hoping to post a better time than the last time.  Jeff and Cooper waited in the stands waiting for me to appear and luckily, I showed up in just a little over 49 minutes so that they didn’t need to send out a search party looking for me.  I should have told Jeff that if he saw buzzards circling to call the medics before they picked my bones dry!  At any rate, after my race it was time for Cooper’s.  He must have had the butterflies because he ate my entire package of racing beans, had stretched (mimicking whatever racer he saw) and stretched and stretched (like he really needed to!) and fretted like an old woman.  He had a great time running (he thinks we won in his age group–although there weren’t any groups!) and got all kinds of free goodies for participating.  The sad thing was that he still had the same amount of energy afterwards as when he began.  I, on the other hand, was hoping for a nap once I got home–but I stood no chance.  The first words once we got in the car were “Can we have some friends over when we get home?”  Yikes, no rest today!

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