race training

the school district is putting on a 5k and 1 mile 'fun run' as a fundraiser for the elementary schools and middle school. as preparation, they put on a few family fitness days at a local park and the first one was this afternoon. and it was a perfect day for it!

the kids all sign in and then you can participate in an obstacle course by a local speed training school and/or take a walk/run around the park's track/trail. and, of course, play on the playground.

there was a decent line for the obstacle course and they took the kids through one at a time so that they could time them. they gave each kid a card with their time to bring back next time to see if they are faster. the kids loved it! i think it helped a little that they were also given a frisbee when they were done (at least that is what motivated maddux to participate).

here are videos of each of the three bigs participating:

here were their times:

madelyn - 56 seconds
maddux - 1:01
mason - 1:06

in mason's defense, he did go first and wasn't all that sure about what to do.

we did a half lap around the park. matt and the bigs ran most of the way and manning and i brought up the rear walking. we would have kept going but mason cut through some mud that pulled his shoe off and left him with mud splatter everywhere and a muddy sock. matt wasn't too disappointed to leave early since we were missing the final round of the masters.