The Jingle Bell Run was this morning. . .
Santa and Frosty were there:
And he's lined up, ready for the cannon shot.
(There were some great costumes out there as well as a few people with bare arms and legs -- I can't imagine!)
Here comes the first runner. . .about 17 minutes later (!!!!)
. . .and about 4 minutes later I saw Thomas!!!
Yes, again, he passes the man just ahead of him at the finish line -- ha!
I was shouting at them. . ."numbers 9 & 10. . .you're number 9 & 10". I figured it would push him on. And it did. . .he passed the other guy over the finish line. . .
Less then 22.5 minutes -- wow!!
Yep, this is completely un-posed. This is what "Mom, I'm not hungry. I don't want oatmeal" an hour/two before will do to you after running a 7:10-mile pace. But he soon recovered:
And said, (don't read this part Aunt Jodi): "I'm never running another race".
. . .and Thomas ran again -- his third race in as many months! Does he look cold? He should. . .this is what my phone said about our weather:
It really felt a lot colder. The wind was really icy cold. Thomas had not brought a hat or gloves -- ugh! Marie was with us and had a Santa hat that she lent him and I gave him my gloves. It was a 5K Jingle Bell Run.Santa and Frosty were there:
And he's lined up, ready for the cannon shot.
(There were some great costumes out there as well as a few people with bare arms and legs -- I can't imagine!)
Here comes the first runner. . .about 17 minutes later (!!!!)
. . .and about 4 minutes later I saw Thomas!!!
Yes, again, he passes the man just ahead of him at the finish line -- ha!
I was shouting at them. . ."numbers 9 & 10. . .you're number 9 & 10". I figured it would push him on. And it did. . .he passed the other guy over the finish line. . .
Less then 22.5 minutes -- wow!!
Yep, this is completely un-posed. This is what "Mom, I'm not hungry. I don't want oatmeal" an hour/two before will do to you after running a 7:10-mile pace. But he soon recovered:
And said, (don't read this part Aunt Jodi): "I'm never running another race".
Wow! Good for him that's awesome! Our oldest daughter likes to run as well, but she's never competed with anyone other than herself :)
ReplyDeleteso fun! i love jingle bell runs!
ReplyDeletewow...that's impressive!
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