Teddy Bear Kid's 1K

Today we went to the Teddy Bear Kid's 1K in South Jordan. I got the idea from a friend's blog, they did it last year. I don't know if she did it this year, there was a lot of people. Bradley's school also sent home an advertisement for it, then I knew I didn't miss it.

This is only a small portion of the people that were there. I got separated from the kids and Richard at the starting line and had to fight my way through the crowds and strollers just to catch up.

Bradley and Olivia were so excited to run! Richard and I split up between the kids since they run at different speeds. Once I caught back up with Richard and the kids, Bradley and Richard took off. Bradley's strategy was burst of speed followed by short walks. Towards the end of the race Richard had convinced him to pace himself and keep an even constant speed.

I thought Olivia was going to run for a while, and then we end up walking the rest of the way. BOY WAS I WRONG!!! This little girl is a runner. She ran the whole thing. The poor little thing had to keep pace with me. I jogged to almost the half way point with her, then I was done jogging, and walked the rest. Olivia would run way ahead of me, then come back to me , then go ahead and so forth.

Once we were a third of the way back I told her to just go ahead without me. I knew Richard would be waiting at the finish line. She started passing a lot of people. Everyone was so surprised that a girl as little as she is was still going strong. Most of them did not know she had ran the whole way plus some.

After we all finished, the kids got a medal and a new stuffed animal. They also had a raffle drawing were they called the bib numbers, both the kids won a prize. It was a very fun race and we found a new talent of Olivia's.