Monday, June 7, 2010
11:03 AM | 
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Erin
On Saturday, Kelsey participated in her first-ever 5K! For ten weeks, she has been practicing after school with several other 4th and 5th graders. It was all leading up to the big event on Saturday.
Here she is before the race.
Since it was her first event, I thought it might be a good idea to run with her...just in case. She started out at the front of the pack with her friends and I settled in near the middle (as not to cramp her style). At about the 1.3 mile marker, I came up behind her and she was walking alone.
Maybe it was the 90 degree heat. Maybe it was the rough terrian of uphill, downhill, through the woods and around a lake. Whatever it was...I think it was more than she bargained for.
So I walked with her and pushed her to finish. We ran some and walked some. She cried some and really wanted to quit.
But she didn't!
Here we are making our way to the finish line (number 12 and 97).
I am so proud of her for not giving up and for finishing what she started. We have already talked about ways to better prepare for the next 5K (which will be in November).
{Tiffany over at A Moment Cherished hosts a blog hop called Momentous Mondays. To learn more about it, click here.}
In other Momentous Monday news, I wrote a guest post for Christy at Critty Joy! Click on over to read What I Would Like For You To Know.
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7 comments:
Yay for Kelsey and I'm proud of her too !!! What a special moment !!
Caroline
Go Kelsey! How wonderful that she kept going and in the end did not give up. She will remember that moment!
Your guest post? AMAZING! It touched my heart...and it made me laugh. And red velvet cake? I need to make one now. I have been hungry for it since I read your post last week ;)
Thank you for doing that...and I hope my readers know how wonderful you are. <3
That is awesome! What a way for her to learn perseverance. Thanks for linking up to Momentous Monday!
Wow! I am so impressed!! Thanks, Thanks, Thanks for your precious comment on my blog!! I tried to comment on your blog yesterday a bunch, I love that song. I love how God unites us together. hugs to you Erin!!
That is great. Now I know why I don't have kids...I would have been on the sidelines encouraging them to quit and let's go eat. LOL
YAY!!!! You should both be proud. What an accomplishment!
Thanks for coming by to visit me today. I've been so busy that I haven't had much time for blogging lately. It's nice to know others are still reading. So thanks! I hope you have a great week!
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