Race for a Cure

Trey, Sydney and I ran in the Race for a Cure today! This is an annual fund raiser Knoxville puts on for breast cancer. It is held down town and they always have a huge turnout, bands playing, cheerleaders cheering along the way. This is the 3rd year I have done it, 2nd year for Trey and 1st for Sydney. David was signed up to race until the Wednesday before he "tweaked" his knee playing basketball. (sure Dave) We rode down with our good friends, the Kah's and Kacey Jackson, and met up with the Langfords at the race. Trey beat his last year's time by over 2 minutes. Sydney was excited to race this year. After a mile, however, she got a cramp so we had to walk a time or two for a minute but she was always ready to start back up. This girl has some determination! Looking back it's amazing that she ran it considering the fact that she's not involved in any sports right now like soccer or cross country. She basically just ran 3 miles without any preparation. Wow! Way to go Sydney! She had a number of strangers along the way tell her what a great job she was doing. At one point I thought she was ready to give up so I of course I did what any good parent would do and promised her a treat at the end of the race. On the way home we stopped off for some hot glazed! Now that's worth racing for Sydney. When I asked her what her favorite thing about the race was, she answered "finishing it". David, watching at the finish line, said it was very uplifting, seeing so many cancer survivors finish the race and receive a flower. He said that the cancer survivor that came in 1st was completely surprised to be the first one in and shared a great moment with her husband at the finish line.