Run... Longhorn...Run

Uncle Truman is cringing and refusing to even read this post because of the title.... but besides being an extremely fun race... it was also educationally beneficial. So... get over it!!!


Before the Race

Today we ran in the Lone Star Stampede, which is a fun run that benefits UT scholarships. Todd ran a 10K, I ran a 5K, and Kaelin ran a kids run (about 1/2 mile). Our friend Lisa also ran with us.

After the Race (she got a medal and a backpack of goodies)



History on races....

I have run in fun runs for years... so it was only natural to include Kaelin in my weekend endeavors.... then Todd felt as though he was missing out... so he joined in. (Now Todd out runs us... makes me sick).

Kaelin ran her first kids 1K (a little over 1/2 mile) when she was 15 months old. Since then, she has run in about 8-10 races. She absolutely loves running in races. Once again... my genetic theory comes into play. The crazy running gene is not a learned thing, it is inherited.

Funny Running Stories...

1. Most of the long races we run, we rent a hotel room and spend the night prior to the race. So for the San Antonio and Houston Marathons as well as the Texas Independence Relay, we stayed in hotel rooms. Now every time we tell Kaelin we are running in a race, she gets absolutely ecstatic. She begins asking about the hotel that we get to stay in. To her disappointment, we don't get to stay in a hotel for a 5 or 10 K.

2. When we were in Gonzales, TX getting ready for the Texas Independence Relay, we stayed in a motel. The motel was a Best Western, so it was really nice, but not exactly Kaelin's idea of a hotel. (Yes she has been spoiled to some really nice hotels). When we pulled up to the Best Western she looked around and asked where we were? I informed her that we were at the hotel. She had a very shocked look on her face. Then responded... "No, this is where we eat dinner, so where is the hotel?"... I laughed so hard, and then began to reflect on the monster I had created.

3. When Todd brought our running packets home yesterday, Kaelin was so excited. He opened the truck door and Kaelin said oh my... are those are packets? Packet... what 2 (almost 3) year old knows about packets and what to do with the number???? This is a total reflection on growing up with a running family. She can talk race packets with the best of them. She can even compare good running packets to bad running packets.