Running On

My husband and son ran another 5K race this morning despite the cold and the rain. This is a tradition that started when DJ was seven. Their first race together was the “Canyon Ice-Breaker” in May of 2001. It wasn’t raining that day but it was extremely cold, hence the name of the race.

Today’s race left DJ with his best time so far; 20 minutes and 54 seconds. He took third in his age group. Dave finished in 21 minutes and 43 seconds, taking third in his age group as well. DJ thinks it’s kind of cool that he’s starting to beat his dad’s times now.

They’ve run lots of races since that first race seven years ago. They average about 6 or 7 races a year. They’ve run 5K’s (3.1 miles), 10K’s (6.2 miles), a two-day relay called the Wasatch Back Relay (3 legs that total between 15 – 17 miles), a half marathon (13.1 miles) and my husband has run a marathon (26.2 miles).

DJ was about eleven when they ran their first half-marathon (13.1 miles). He finished in 1 hour and 45 minutes, actually a little before his dad who finished in 1 hour and 57 minutes. That could’ve been in part because Dave was running in terrible shoes and his legs were killing him. I seem to recall those shoes being duct taped together, but my husband says no, the bottoms were just falling off, but assures me that he wasn’t aware of this until after the race.

The two are currently training to run a marathon together in September. They are quite excited about it. All I have to say is, “To each his own!”

Congratulations guys!!

Some things never change