We went down to Bloomington this weekend to run the Hoosiers Outrun Cancer races. In all the races and family walks, 5000 registered to participate this year. We've been going down for about seven years now, ever since a young friend of ours lost her life to cancer. We did the family walk when the kids were younger, but the past three years have run the 5k race under the Team Jenny banner. Owen finished third to a 12 and 11 year old in the kid one mile fun run, and took first in his age group. I ran a personal best 5k time and got 36th overall. Becca and George started the 5k together, but after a mile George took off on his own. This was his first 5k race, only the second time he'd ever run that distance, and it was a great success. I think he surprised himself. According to his account--since his mama was too far back to report--he never stopped to rest, got a bang out of taking cups of water from the stations--just like the Olympians he watched this summer--and closed with a strong kick, finishing in the top third of the field of 1500.
The fun continued as we met up with friends Jon (that's him in the picture below), Colleen and their sons Henry and Luca and enjoyed our post-race brunch at the Runciple Spoon like a pack of wild dogs. Looking back, it felt less like brunch and more like a day at the trough. We put it away with wreckless abandon. Oh, the joys of running.
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