Now that I have a trophy, I am officially a champion runner.  I’d like to end the story there but I feel I must provide all the details of my championship run.  Iain (age 7) and I ran the 1 mile run together.  He ran ahead of me the whole time and I only caught up with him towards the end.  He came in 23rd place and I came in 24th.  I am very proud of my little guy because he kept running the whole time and didn’t stop, even when we ran up the hill.  Unfortunately, he had some major competition in his age group (ages 6 – 8) and he came in 6th for that group but they only gave trophies for the top 3.  He’s a champion in my book!  When I got to the race, I saw a girl named Sue that I know and she told me that she was also running the 1 mile.  She has a runner’s build and is in shape.  I was hoping that she wasn’t 40 yet so she wouldn’t be my competition, but she is.  But, as luck would have it, she was running with her 6 year old so that was good for me.  So, I beat her!  She came in 2nd in our age group.  When I looked at the results, the third place winner in our age group was running with her 7 year old and her 10 year old.  From what I could tell, the three of us were the only three in our age category, so I would have gotten a trophy either way.  My time was 10:36.  Woo Hoo!  Like LIGHTNING!  (not.)  There were a total of 36 runners doing the 1 mile!  If you want a trophy, sign up for this race next year.  It’s near impossible NOT to get one, unless you are in the 6 – 8 age group.  I think Iain’s chances next year will be good because all the winners this year were 8 and should be moving on to the next age group category. 

 

Ok then.  Now that I am a championship runner, I have the confidence to run a 5K!  The run was a lot of fun and the people that turned out to run were all really nice.  I’d like to set a goal of running the 5 mile race next year.  That will give me an entire year to build up to 5 miles and run some hills too.

 

"I'm going to go out a winner if I have to find a high school race to win my last race."
Johnny Gray

 

“Or a Library 1 mile run.”

Jackie Johnston