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Free 2 Run, Featured Collection: Lush Red and Blue and So Sophie.

I prefer to sleep in on holidays.  To me, that’s part of the celebration.  I am quickly changing my tune, however as my sons and husband enjoy running so much.  The first race the boys ran was a local 1K (just over 1/2 mile) three years ago.  The kids get a t-shirt, a popsicle and a medal!  They were hooked.  So hooked that last year when Neal wanted to run the 5K, he also chose to run the 1K as well because an 8 year old running the 5K won’t get a medal, but he gets a medal for running the 1K (it’s all about the medal). 

Neal ran both the 5K and 1K again this year.  Neal beat last year’s time by 2 minutes! 

Riley ran the 1K and beat last year’s time by 1 minute.  Boy, do I have to share something funny with you!  After the 1K, Riley came up to me with this super proud look on his face, his eye gleaming, and said: “I took a short cut so I could beat all the other kids!”  Well, he lost his medal so we’ve been teasing him that the race committee found out he cheated and stripped him of his medal.

It is so much fun watching the boys train hard to prepare and plan the races they will run in the future.  I am glad we live in a country where you can accomplish anything you set your mind on.  And I gladly give up sleeping in to see the joy on their faces at their accomplishments.

It was a good time for a lesson on how to race with honesty.  He didn’t realize he was cheating, he thought he was being so smart.  But, if he does it next year, it’s cheating and I won’t let him have his medal.

The rest of our day was filled with fun.