Zoo Run 2010

This past Sunday the St. Louis Zoo hosted a run. We all went down to support K2 running a 5K and Kevin running 1/4 mile. Here are some pictures.

K2's race was at 8:00, so while he was running we were having raisins.

To keep entertained while he was racing, the boys played in the gravel nearby.

After K2 ran, we had about 45 minutes of downtime before Kevin's race. We played in the fountain by the World's Fair Pavilion. The water was too cold for Colin, but Kevin and I had fun walking through it.

Hot Mom

Here is a picture of the start/finish line from the fountain.
(Lookin' Sassy)

Kevin had already told us that he wanted "Colin, Mommy and Daddy to race" with him. However, it was going to be only Colin and Daddy so that I would be waiting at the finish line. (It was very cute. They had the kids run out 1/8 a mile and then turn around.) It didn't really work out that way. Colin was so tired and hot that he wanted to be carried. So he and I worked out a deal that we would wait by the finish line and then join daddy and Kevin to finish together. Before the race, Kevin even asked daddy to show him how to stretch. Here is a picture of K2 giving him some runner's advice.



However, since there were over 3000 racers entered, and they had every get ready at the start line and made them wait, Kevin was very hot and tired. After about 100 feet he stopped. That is okay. We were all hot and tired, but we all had fun! Colin was very sad he didn't get to run. So I am thinking we will try again next year.