On Saturday, our running group had the first race of the summer. Doug and all 4 kids competed. Here are Ev and Doug before the race began. Over Doug's shoulder is Anton...a high school runner who comes to our races and some practices. He's one of the fastest kids around and Everson talks about beating Anton all the time. He boasts at home about how he's faster than Anton. In this particular race, Everson did in fact beat Anton. Ev ran 1 mile, and Anton ran 3...
"Here I am turning it on and burning the last part of my race," says Erik. Far behind him is Anna, with whom Erik runs...until the last bit of the race, when he 'turns it on." Erik's time for this race was 7:45.
Here come Everson and his dad for their 12:39 mile! This time could have been faster if Ev hadn't fallen and walked for a minute or 2. He crossed the line with much cheering!
At the end of each race, medals are awarded. Our coach put Everson on the table and asked him to tell everyone how old he was...Everson replied, "Thirteen." Coach is trying to show Everson how many fingers he needs to hold up. We're quite proud of our little runner. The coach proclaimed to the crowd that the running genes definately came from his FATHER. ;-)