James' Big Race!

The Twin Cities Marathon organization puts on a Kids Marathon Run at the U of MN indoor track each winter and when we made note of it this fall we discovered they opened it up to kids James' age this year.  Kids in preschool/Pre-K had a time slot devoted for them to run a few laps at the track so we registered James (and Mom as he needed to run w/ an adult) to run on a frigid February morning.

Henry came out to watch and cheered James on with Papa.  James was so excited he was getting a little agitated that he had to wait for the event to start - we got their a little early and he didn't understand why he couldn't just run!

He ran with a race number, ran two laps (a quarter mile!) around the track, was awarded a medal at the finish line and got some fun trinkets (a hat, gloves and a jump rope) for his efforts!

He had a great time and I'm guessing he'll want to do it again next year.  Perhaps Henry will take his turn around the track next year too!