Parker and I ran in the Race for Autism 5k today at Balboa Park! Since I've started walking/running a few times a week, I've been thinking about trying out an organized race. Some friends of ours who do races and obstacle course types of events from time to time told me about this one, and I figured we might as well give it a try! Nate, Lisa, and Alex joined us, so it was really fun to be able to walk and talk and laugh together along the way. Parker has also really wanted to try a race out, ever since he heard that there are races where everyone gets a medal at the end :) So he joined me for some special mommy-Parker time! We walked most of the way, doing short jogs from time to time, but I'm sure it still felt like a long way for Parker. He said he loved it!
Waiting at the Starting line--there were so many people there!
Funny faces--I guess we were waiting there for a while--??!
Parker thought he'd try running backwards for a little while...
Running across the Finish line!
He was so happy to get his medal!
Surprise! Look who raced with us :)
Everybody also got a free scoop of Ben & Jerry's ice cream at the end--I don't think we burned as many calories as we consumed ;)
A screen-grab from my running app.
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