In The Moment Running: When Piglets Fly

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

When Piglets Fly

I'll write a longer post in a few days about the Flying Pig Marathon and other events from this past weekend but wanted to get caught up on mileage and the most important event of the weekend. The highlight of the weekend was Bree running her first race, the 25 yard piglet run. However, she didn't stop at 25 yards. She ran the entire course set out for the older kids, all 200 yards of it. That's a lot of little tiny footsteps. The first, official 25 yards were run toward the mascots who had just competed in the mascot run, won officially by the Cincinnati Bearcat. The official photographers, Marathonfoto, were laying prone at the finish to capture the tiny piglets crossing the line. Bree had so much fun from the time we visited the expo to pinning on her number, to running, to receiving her medal and then to cap it off with her first carriage ride. The medal was modeled just like the medals from the marathon, just smaller, as were the shirts and race bibs. It was a great introduction to the sport of running and the fun of these events. Running is not for everyone but I do think we would be a much happier and healthier world if everybody ran. I hope that someday I get to run a full event with her and the boys. How fun that would be!