Charity's 1st Race

After all the excitement around our home following Dave and I completing the Country Music 1/2 Marathon, Charity, as the only child she is, was feeling slightly left out.

Solution: have her complete her own race. So, I found this cool little 5K (Ellie's Run for Africa) for us to do together. It worked out perfectly as Dave had to work, so we didn't really have a lot going on this Saturday. The money goes for a great cause and the entire event was very well done, geared toward family fun. We'll probably do it again next year.

Charity seemed to enjoy herself, getting a little tired and somewhat distracted, but enjoyed "passing" people. Though that didn't last long when she'd stray off the course to catch cicadas! They'd soon pass her and be way ahead as I tried to keep her on track.

But she completed it and even beat her mom by 3 seconds! :)

Here's our stats:

Age Grp Place - O'All - Bib # - Sex Place - Name - Age - Gun Time - Chip Time - Pace
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 . . 523 . . . . 189 . . . . . Charity . 7 . 44:01 . . . . 43:10 . . . . 13:56
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 . . 522 . . . . 190 . . . . . Diana . 32 . 44:04 . . . . 43:14 . . . . 13:57

They even had a photo booth! Here we are:
So proud of my little monkey, her willingness to do this and persistence to keep going!