i am speed!

In June, the kids participated in a fun race sponsored by our church.  Krew and Everly were in the 1/2 mile kids race and Ky and Kade ran the 5K.

Warming up!

Everly wasn't actually registered to race until 10 minutes before the race started because she insisted on running.  Not wanting to crush her willingness to try something new, we signed her up.

Krew was so fast!!!  I had no idea how fast he was.  I was just hoping that he would run the whole time and not give up.  Not only did he run the whole time, but he ran his hardest the entire 1/2 mile. 

Out of about 30 kids, ages 2-10, Krew finished in 3rd place!  And look above, he was way ahead of the 4th place runner!  I was shocked!  I could not believe that he beat all but 2 boys, even the kids that are older.  

Way to go Krew!!

My goal for Everly was to not fall down, or cry.  I thought it would be awesome if she would run half way without asking to be done.  She surprised me too, by running the whole way.  Not that she was super fast, but she didn't even stop to walk once.  She was super proud of herself for finishing.  Way to go Everly!

I believe this is the 3rd year the twins have run this 5K.  They didn't train at all, which makes me jealous because when I run a 5K, I have to do some serious training to be able to run it at all.

They took off super fast, and I was worried that they would be tired before they rounded the first corner, but as far as I could see them, they were still bookin' it!

I was (again) surprised when I saw Kade coming down the final stretch, not that far behind the serious runners.  With a time of 23:13, he finished in first place in his age group.  Imagine how fast he could have been if he had trained!

Ky was only about a minute behind Kade, and still way ahead of most of the pack.  I guess I should stop being surprised by my kids and just accept the fact that they inherited some super fast running genes from someone other than myself!

You can see how red the boys' faces are in these pictures.  I love that they pushed themselves harder even when it got hard.

Now we'll have to see if we can convince these speedy boys to run track at school!