March Point Fun Run

Every year Tesoro hosts a "Fun Run" for the community.  I know some people cannot understand how we could use the word fun to describe the concept of "run", but for us, it is a fun little event to participate in.  Dallin ran the 5 K (3.2 miles) with a friend his age.  Maddo and Bryce ran the 1/2 mile run for kids.  Kaylee captured this cool shot of Dallin sprinting through the air at the end.  He was very tired, but happy at the fact that he ran the whole way.  

Here is Bryce headed toward the finish chute.  He also ran the whole way.  He placed 6th in his age group.  

Here is Maddo right after coming in.  She placed 5th in her age group, but didn't think it was fair that she (as a young 9 year old) was racing against 10 and 11 year olds.   She has not learned to pace herself.  She is like a shooting star -- she takes off with an amazing burst of glorious speed, and then burns out and walks.  After a minute, she takes off at comet pace again and continues until she gets some sort of pain, and then walks again.     She still had fun though, and shortly after the race was asking if she could go run some more. Possibly she needs to sign up for the 5 K next year!  

Matt's knee has been bothering him, so he declined running.  He helped with recording runners numbers and times as they came in.  It was amazing to see 2 men aged 81 and 82 years come dashing in ahead of a 28 year old guy.  And that was for the 10 K (6.4 miles!) I hope that we can be like that when we are 80!  Instead of paying $15 and competing in the race, I decided to run from home out to the refinery.  I left early and made it all 6 miles in 1 hour and 7 minutes.  Matt had suggested that I ride with the family to the race and then run home, but I adamantly refused.  The route to Tesoro was predominantly down hill. I didn't want to give up such a great opportunity to run down hill without ever having to climb back up!  It was a great run!  I had forgotten how much I like distance running.  

This was the first truly glorious day of spring/summer, and it was so wonderful to be outside!  I am thankful for the blessing of health, and that we can run!