Chase by the Lake

This past weekend was the annual Chase by the Lake. It is a race just for kids. They break the kids into age groups and run a 1/2 mile race ages 5-9 and 1 mile for the 10-11 year old kids. We had 4 racers this year. All the kids did great and it is a challenge to run but they all did it and felt great for being a part of it.

This was Corbin's first race. He was the most excited. He finally got to do it this year and get his own shirt! He had us all cheering. Nathan ran along the side lines during his race to encourage him. The last racer has a high school runner along side of them to make sure all the kids in that age group finish... as you can see Corbin ran right along with her. There was a little boy that came in behind him that was walking along the road with his dad so Corbin was 14th out of 15th. Just to watch him finish was emotional and exciting. He was one of the youngest racer there since he only turned 5 a month ago.
Nathan, Elizabeth and Abigail all ran last year and were excited to do it again. (Well Nathan decided once we got there to do it again.) They all did very well.
Every racer gets a ribbon at the end of the race and the top 5 racers get medals. Corbin loved his ribbon and showed it to everyone all day.
Your guys did a great job! Way to go. I am proud of you for being in the race and doing your best.