45, 122, Alvey 5k Color Run

We had an exciting and full weekend, starting with celebrating my 45th and my mom’s 77th birthday on Friday - this year we turn 122 years old! It is special to share this day with my mom. It worked and had a normal day, then we ordered Thai food for take out, Nathan got my favorite cupcakes, and I received some sweet cards and gifts. That evening Mark and Betty arrived to spend the weekend with us to be here for Caleb’s baptism on Sunday - that will be another post :).

On Saturday morning our family participated in the Alvey 5k color run at Benjamin and Eliza’s school. The school had a running club for 8 weeks leading up to the race for 3-5 graders, and Benjamin enjoyed training for the race with his friends through the club, and he got lots of extra running in between soccer and runs with me. Here we are on race day morning.

3 cool kids ready to run! The glasses were part of the race packet. It was a cool and overcast morning, perfect running conditions.

Getting ready for the race to begin. Nathan walk/ran with Eliza, Caleb and I ran together, and Benjamin ran with his friends.

 

Eliza found a couple friends from class and walk/ran with them the whole race. Nathan said she did a great job and had a lot of fun with her friends.

Getting colored chalk thrown on them throughout the race was a highlight for the kids!

Video of Nathan and Eliza finishing strong.

Benjamin’s goal was to win the race, and that’s what he did! He was the first running Sunray to cross the finish line (a high schooler came in just ahead of him). We are proud of Benjamin for his hard work and commitment to train for this race. He had a great time, and was happy the race finished so he could go to his soccer game right afterward.

It was fun for Caleb and I to train and run together for this race. He could easily outrun me, but he likes running with me, despite my encouraging him to run ahead, which he finally did at the finish line.  I’m proud of him for his commitment to train and glad he had fun at the race.

It was a lot of fun, and we will look forward to running this race hopefully each year!

After the race, we all went to Benjamin’s rainy soccer game, then Nathan and his parents took Caleb to the first day of his springboard diving class. More about that in another post. It was a fun and very active day - I think we all crashed by 8pm!