Kelly and me hydrating before the race
after the race
Kelly & me
Karen helping at race
snap a couple of pics of
Kelly hydrating before race
Kelly & I after we register
me some where along the course
Emmy and her son Ike
A very special thank you to Emmy for
making this even more special with the
pictures she took.
Me and Kelly after the race
me and kelly
before the race
Cooling out
The New Balance store across the street
THE NEW CANAAN MILE 6/27/2008
Something very special happen yesterday, Kelly my 15 year old, whom by the way will be 16 next month chose me over the Transformer Movie. My day could not have been more perfect. "No I'm going to the race with Mom" my heart is still smiling. He came, we register and we ran The New Canaan Mile. This is the second annual. On the way over to the race Kelly ask me a bunch of questions. I told him about the course "just a straight 1 mile flat and easy down South Avenue" Do you get anything if you win? " Well only if you place in your age group. Will I be running against really fast guys? Well, yes some even run 5 and 4 min miles. That's not fair. Kelly I run against fast people all the time there is even people older that me that run faster than me in every race. I do the best I can and that's what I want you to do just do the best you can and have fun, I'm so happy you decided to come with me today. Now hand me the check book I have to write the check. We have to pay to run? yes we have to pay, when I pay for a race I'm supporting a cause I'm glad about that but for the most part I pay for races because I love running.
We got there I believe people saw me beaming a mile away I introduce Kelly to whomever said hello. Emmy and Karen took some pictures of me and Kelly together unfortunately I hadn't use my camera in a very long time the batteries were almost gone and we did not have any in the house. so I was only able to take a couple of pictures.
I discover the course was not the same as last year. We were doing 3 loops that started and ended in front of the New Balance store. This tiny little loop included a hill. The women ran first. After I did the first loop I said oh no Kelly is going to hate me. I was a little worried that this may be too much for him. And of course I did not let it show after I finish. I went over to him and told him just do the best you can.
He started out well he came around the first loop pretty good timing. I had to catch up with him for the second loop I ran on the sidewalk and encouraged him along the way. The third loop was tough for him. I had grab a bottle of water at the start of the third loop and caught up to him again down the hill. When we got to the uphill that was the toughest part. I had to really encourage him have him drink water some how I manage to get him going again and he ran to the finish. There you have it. We hang around for a little bit after the race and ate some pizza, it did take him awhile to decide to eat anything after the race. Then we went home. The results are posted and I show Kelly, he smile when he saw his name on the results page.
I tried my best to arrage the pictures, took me a couple of hours to get to this I think I have alot to learn about posting pictures.
