So here goes: I've got two new running pals! Dane and Aubrey love to run.
I should've seen this coming, since they're fun and active and they like to root for me when I get off my fanny to run, but they've taken their running to new levels just in the past months.
As I wrote earlier, they placed 2nd and 3rd overall for the Siskiyou Challenge One-Mile Fun Run. That was exciting -- I also think it's what gave them the bug.
Next, the school lap-a-thon fundraiser took place. Aubs ran 11 laps, which was high or average for girls in her third grade class. Good job, Aubs. Then Dane... Wait, he needs his own paragraph.
Dane ran 26 laps and set a school record! He just set out, on fire, and kept going -- for 6 -1/2 miles! (That's what 26 laps equals, in case it's been a while since you were on a track.) Dane reflected after school that day that it was weird to have people high-fiving him and smiling at him all day after that (a dose of fame?), and the next morning he crawled his weary body out of his room, moaning (without a hint of a smile) because his legs were so sore. He'd played an hour of soccer the night of the run, too.
So Dane and Aubs have got the running bug.
And Aubrey just won her first little competition -- at the Halloween Monster Dash.
Dane and Aubs and I decided to do the 5k (instead of the 1-mile). Aubs and I chose to stick together, but Dane took off like a rocket. He kept his pace (maybe a 9-minute mile?) and finished 62nd overall, 6th of 11 in his age group (10-12 years, I think).
Aubs and I kept a steady clip while holding hands -- she in Miss Piggy ears and nose, me in a curly purple wig and gown -- and happily crossed the finish line together averaging about a 12-minute mile. We got a phone call a couple days later, though, instructing Aubrey to come pick up her award: sunglasses, a free movie pass, and a certficate saying she'd won her division. Ages 0-8. :) Good job, Aubs.
Okay, post finished. I'm up and running.
