Live Big 5K Walk: Sydney Wins Her First Race
We took the whole fam to participate in a 5k walk for a local fundraiser today.
It's called Live Big and it's a non-profit foundation that was started in memory of a little boy who was killed when he walked out into street traffic. His parents wanted to celebrate the memory of how he always wanted to "live big" so they host outdoor safety events and an annual walk.
Last year they had 300 participants at the 5k walk/run, and they more than doubled that this year. We entered with teh team name "We4Grants" (also our Geocaching team name) and we completed the race in just under 1 hour. Not bad considering Sally walked for about half a mile of that (the rest was spent in the double stroller) and we had to stop a couple of times with the kids. And did I mention half of the race was UPHILL?!?
But it was great exercise, and it was a beautiful day, and the kids loved it. Then we all had hot dogs and hung out at the park, listening to the DJ who was not bad.
There was a mini-walk (about 2 blanket-lengths) for toddlers and babies, and with just 3 applicants and 2 prizes, we figured our odds were pretty good, so we entered Sydney.
At the end of the furthest blanket, there was a stretch of pink streamer. Whoever crossed the streamer first was the winner.
We lined up the kids on one end, and the parents on the other to coax them forward. I hung with Syd until start time and Daddy enticed her with the GPS and his iPhone (she soooooo wants her own iPhone! She already knows how to slide her finger across the screen to unlock it, that sly boots)
When it was time to go, Sydney went straight for the iPhone but stopped cold when she got to the pink ribbon, like she was confused. When I told her to step over it, and she realized there was no electric force field around it, she stepped right over and won the race. Hooray!
And it was another 5 minutes (at least) before the second place tyke crossed the line. He was a chunky fellow, maybe 18 months? and easily distracted. The littlest one (maybe 15 mos?) kind of stood in the middle of the blanket, looking overwhelmed by the small crowd that had gathered. It looked like it was going to be a draw for second, but then the big boy crossed over and won 2nd place. The "race" continued until the youngest darling finally crossed the finish line, with some help from mom (who no doubt realized the game's organizer was not going to end the race until all were complete!)
Since the first place prize was a darling arrangement made of diapers (which we are hopefully on our way to phasing out...Andy is out picking up Pull-Ups and flushable wipes as I type this), we opted to snag the 2nd place prize for our first place starling -- a punch card (20 free visits) to the Castle Rock Recreation Center. Sure, we're already members, but now we can bring a friend with the kids for free, or bring someone who's in town visiting us.
Sally made new friends while we were picnicking and cheering for Sydney, and we all had a great day
(and NOBODY in our family got sunburned. Whew!)
It's called Live Big and it's a non-profit foundation that was started in memory of a little boy who was killed when he walked out into street traffic. His parents wanted to celebrate the memory of how he always wanted to "live big" so they host outdoor safety events and an annual walk.
Last year they had 300 participants at the 5k walk/run, and they more than doubled that this year. We entered with teh team name "We4Grants" (also our Geocaching team name) and we completed the race in just under 1 hour. Not bad considering Sally walked for about half a mile of that (the rest was spent in the double stroller) and we had to stop a couple of times with the kids. And did I mention half of the race was UPHILL?!?
But it was great exercise, and it was a beautiful day, and the kids loved it. Then we all had hot dogs and hung out at the park, listening to the DJ who was not bad.
There was a mini-walk (about 2 blanket-lengths) for toddlers and babies, and with just 3 applicants and 2 prizes, we figured our odds were pretty good, so we entered Sydney.
At the end of the furthest blanket, there was a stretch of pink streamer. Whoever crossed the streamer first was the winner.
We lined up the kids on one end, and the parents on the other to coax them forward. I hung with Syd until start time and Daddy enticed her with the GPS and his iPhone (she soooooo wants her own iPhone! She already knows how to slide her finger across the screen to unlock it, that sly boots)
When it was time to go, Sydney went straight for the iPhone but stopped cold when she got to the pink ribbon, like she was confused. When I told her to step over it, and she realized there was no electric force field around it, she stepped right over and won the race. Hooray!
And it was another 5 minutes (at least) before the second place tyke crossed the line. He was a chunky fellow, maybe 18 months? and easily distracted. The littlest one (maybe 15 mos?) kind of stood in the middle of the blanket, looking overwhelmed by the small crowd that had gathered. It looked like it was going to be a draw for second, but then the big boy crossed over and won 2nd place. The "race" continued until the youngest darling finally crossed the finish line, with some help from mom (who no doubt realized the game's organizer was not going to end the race until all were complete!)
Since the first place prize was a darling arrangement made of diapers (which we are hopefully on our way to phasing out...Andy is out picking up Pull-Ups and flushable wipes as I type this), we opted to snag the 2nd place prize for our first place starling -- a punch card (20 free visits) to the Castle Rock Recreation Center. Sure, we're already members, but now we can bring a friend with the kids for free, or bring someone who's in town visiting us.
Sally made new friends while we were picnicking and cheering for Sydney, and we all had a great day
(and NOBODY in our family got sunburned. Whew!)
posted by Amy S. Grant @ 8:25 PM
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