Running almost like the wind

Lucas, Adam, Me, Kristen, Steve, Hannah, and Miriam

Another Race! I ran the Wichita River Run for the first time. I loved it. We ran thru downtown, and then through a neighborhood along the river. They had a hairpin turn at one end, so you saw the leaders coming back at the other end. The finish line was at the edge of a really pretty bridge, and made it really fun. Plus Adam and Lucas came and were waiting for me on the final turn so I could have a little cheering section. It is always fun to look for them in the crowd. I will have some pictures later. I ran with Kristen again, though she smoked me. My time was fifty six minutes and something, but I was too worried about passing the last person in my sprint to see the exact time. Overall, it was a little slower than last time, but I'm not too worried. The race was also really cool because there were so many people. It never thinned out much. You had to dodge a lot to make it to the front and try not to trip on other people's heels. It was nice to have the huge crowd because there were tons of people to pull you along and pass (or get passed by). The event was also organized really good, and had tons of fruit (I love orange wedges, they remind me of childhood soccor games), water, sports drinks, bread and candy at the end so you can put the calories back in immediately. A thirteen year old girl took fourth for the women. The guy who won is supposed to be an olympic qualifier or something. When he passed me after his turn, there was no one even close to him. There are usually a group of families from Kenya, but they weren't at this race, they might have given him a challenge. Anyways his time was about 30 minutes. Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Fast. Afterwards we went to the River Festaval and looked at a bunch of pottery, and other handmade goods. It really made me miss my studio days. They also had a Kids corner. Lucas was so excited by a bunch of toy trains we sat for about 45 minutes and watched them go around a little oval. There were also a lot of bouncy air toys, and he enjoyed some rought play with the other kids. He gets really social when he is around other kids and tries to show them stuff, they just don't understand his two-year-old accent. It was a really fun day.