Reedy River Run

The first weekend in March, we did two of the events in the 2010 Reedy River Run in Greenville.
Friday evening was the Kids' Fun Run of 400 meters (about 1/4 mile). We drove out there the weekend before, to "rehearse," that is find the park (hidden under Academy Road), scope out parking, and see the course. We actually ran into the director of the run while we were there. He was very friendly.


This is a "Where's Waldo" type picture of everyone waiting for the start of the race. You can't see John at all, but Tony's head (in a beige baseball cap) is right in the center of the picture. He is looking down at John.


John's BFF James is in the center of the front row in the dark green shirt. James really wanted to win.


Here is the run just after it started. Christopher (in the stroller) and I ran as fast as we could back around to the finish line so that we could see the finish. I think that was about the same distance as the course. I was sad to see all the late people walking up. One dad said, "Why are you all running back this way?" I had to tell him the race had already started and we were racing to get pictures of the finish line.


Here are Tony and John finishing. They held hands the whole time.


Here is John contemplating the symbol of his victory. I looked at this picture four times before I realized he was surrounded by extra medals!


James and John sharing their triumph.


Local ice rink spokespenguin.


We had dinner at a rib joint downtown afterward.



The next morning at 9:20am was the 5K Run/Walk.
My plan was originally to have both Christopher and John start out in the stroller and John could get out and walk occasionally. However, I "wore" Christopher in the Björn, which made a lot of our fellow walkers smile. One woman even took a picture of him.


Also, in the 40 pounds of extra gear I packed for "just in case," I neglected to bring John's shoes. So he HAD to ride in the stroller.


We started at the back of the walkers, with several other strollers. I think there were about 2000 5K walkers. We did not finish last.


John did amazingly well in the stroller, his favorite activity was reaching out to touch the cones as he went by them.



We're not sure how this taxi got on the course. We made sure that no one got out and ran across the finish line...


I saw the clock reaching one hour right after we passed the taxi, so we decided to run to make it under an hour! We made it! Tony was later disgusted to find out our actual time was about 57 min 30 sec, since we started at the back of the race. I think his comment was "You mean we didn't have to run?"


At the end of the run, as we went back to the main area for the post-race festivities, we crossed the Reedy River.


We met up with BFF James and family at Falls Park afterward. Miss Kerri ran the 10K.


While the boys ran around, Tony enjoyed a little quiet time with a sleeping Christopher. This was Tony's favorite part of the day.


Here are our two future old farts, sitting on a bench, waiting for Miss Kerri and Andy to catch up.


We all had a great time, and the weather was good. It was pretty chilly, but very clear. I definitely plan on doing it again next year!