Daniel & David

Last year, Daniel ran the St. Paddy’s Day race in Tacoma for his first ever 5K.  We thought David was probably too young to run that far so he ran the 1K.  We had told Daniel to take it easy and not to feel bad if he had to pause or walk for a while.  Then he went out and amazed us, even though the weather was horrible (slushy snow & rain mixture).  This year, we signed both boys up for the 5K with confidence that they’d run (and run hard) the whole way.  The weather was much better than last year, although still typical for March in the beautiful Pacific Northwest (cold and wet).

The race always draws a huge crowd – this year there were 1,582 people in the 5K.  The boys started up front with the rest of the fairly-serious runners.  They took off strong and kept going.  Daniel’s goal was to finish faster than last year’s 19:43.  David wanted to finish within two minutes of Daniel’s time.  Both boys achieved their goals as Daniel took a full minute off his previous time on the same course.  He finished in 18:43 and in first place in the 14 and under age group.  David came in at 20:26 and third in the age group.  Overall, Daniel was the 12th finisher and David the 31st.  We continue to be amazed.