eddie's first 10k

emi and i are so proud of eddie

he ran his first race ever...a 10k

eddie has been training, working out trying to get ready

for his tough mudder in september

one day i was asking him how long the run was

for the tough mudder, he said something like 13 miles

we talked about how maybe he should run a race or two

for endurance purposes i suppose.

well come to find out, the tough mudder isn't 13 miles of running

i misunderstood... the whole course is 13 something miles

with obstacles mixed in. i think he will do just fine.

we were almost late to the race

i had to drop him off at the starting line, then go park

he thought i was just going to go in my jammies

he was shocked i planned to shower before 9 :) kidding

luckily they did a little flag ceremony thing

and the people in wheelchairs had a one minute head start

so we made it just in time to see him run by.

emi and i took a short cut and waited for him to run by

emi was proud of her sign.

eddie going strong...i think this was into the second mile

maybe even still the first mile.

then we hurried back to the starting line again

as the 10k racers were to run the 'track' twice.

while we waited we saw the chick-fil-a cow

emi is terrified of him and watched him the entire time

watching his every move basically.

we waited and waited for eddie to come around again.

 

 still going strong after the 5k portion.

 

 eddie's goal was to run the race in under an hour.

yay! he made his goal 

the clock was actually wrong by one minute and 10 seconds

his finish time was 57:56

good job eddie!!

checking his per mile stats...

 the back of emi's poster.

she has now added arms and legs to her smiley faces

just a few stats: eddie came in 141 out of 341

and was 96/143 men 

for his age group, not so good :) 28/38

but considering he was "late" behind all the 5k walkers

and it was his first race, i think he did awesome!!

the fastest 10k, was 35:05!