Cambrie told me that she wanted to run a 5k. 5ks are easy to find on Thanksgiving so that was our goal. One little text later all of the Rogers were signed up to the 5k too! Thursday morning we were up bright and early to line up for the start of our race down at Thanksgiving Point. The forecast predicted snow and we were crossing our fingers that it held off long enough for us to finish our race.
Cambrie and I lined up near the front. She wanted to run the whole way and maybe even place in her age group if things went well.
She did so well on the run. She never stopped, even when it started hurting a lot. Her pace stayed nice and steady even up the hills. I was so proud of her for doing something so hard. She finished with a time of 30:30. It was a great time, we just didn't count on some other rock stars crossing that finish line ridiculously fast.
We were the first of our family to finish so we walked down the course to cheer for the rest of the Roger Gobblers.
The best part of the post race celebration, in Cambrie's book, was the pumpkin pie waiting for her. After she stuffed her face we all drove back to the house to pick up the other racers. The kids wanted a go at the medals and pie too.
They lined up for the kids race (is was a bit more that .5 mile), and we cheered them on.
It started raining during their run so we didn't linger long outside. But look at those smiles from those kids! Kelton almost lost it during the run because suddenly the wind blew some stink his way and he did not like that one bit. Regardless, he ran the whole time.
Their hard earned hardware.
They also really appreciated the pie and cocoa waiting for them at the end.
The parking garage may not make the most picturesque background for a group victory shot, but at least we were dry!
The Roger Gobblers in all our glory.
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