Chinook Trail Tempo Run

     In addition to all of his other activities, Dawson is also doing cross country this year.  I am bummed Ashlyn couldn't do it, but Dawson was very enthusiastic to get to do cross country again.  Ella and Jameson also do it and they have a fun time at practice.  He has had two races so far.  I have not been able to attend either, because I have to be at the bus stop picking up Ashlyn when we runs.  He does have his final meet on a Saturday, which I will for sure be at.  His first race was a tempo run to get them used to running a race.  Dawson did great and he made sure he stuck with Jameson.  At the end, he let Jameson cross the finish line first.  I later asked him if he did that on purpose, and he said, "Jameson never wins anything, so I wanted him to beat me".  He is such a sweet boy and he is really caring.
    His second race was last Friday night.  They got to run at the local football stadium.  Somehow, he lost one of his shoes right from the beginning.  He managed to continue and ran the entire race with just one shoe!  I was pretty proud of him for pulling that off.  I have ran several races with my shoe untied and I know how hard it can be, I can't imagine running with only one shoe!  I am super proud of him for not quitting and think it shows he has a lot of perseverance.  I will post more pictures in the next few weeks from their upcoming races.

Gracie cheering on all her family.  She can not wait to get out there and run too.  I really think she is going to be the big runner of our family.  

Look at all those kids

Running next to Ella

Our Ella giving it her all

Running with his best bud

I love how determined Jameson looks here

Jameson looks like he is really digging deep!  Way to go guys!