Sydney's First 5K Race

Sydney and I ran together in my favorite race of the year- the Fuzz Run!  It was last Saturday morning, and the weather was just about perfect- maybe a tad warm towards the end.  Stephen, Taylor, and Parker came along to cheer us on.  We got there at a good time, being able to stretch, watch the pre-race festivities, and get in the middle of the crowd.  It's a decent-sized race, with maybe 3000 runners total.

Anyways, Sydney did great!  We hadn't trained as much as we would have liked, but she ran the first 1.5 miles before she stopped to walk!  We ended up walking maybe 7 minutes of the whole race, stopping and going.  I let Sydney tell me how she felt and would follow her lead.  We saw Stephen and the kiddos at about mile 2 and then again at the finish line!  Sydney really enjoyed it.  There's just something about a race atmosphere!

Though her favorite part was probably all the free drinks, apples, and popsicles at the end... ;)

Pre-race.

Getting ready to run.

We're off!

~ mile 2.

Running to the finish line!