Trolley Run

Yesterday Noah & I ran the Trolley Run benefiting Children's Center for the Visually Impaired.  It's the biggest (and funnest!) run in Kansas City and I love that it benefits CCVI (Elliot is a graduate of their infant program.  He had OT for a developmental delay secondary to his crossed eyes. He caught up pretty quickly after surgery and didn't need services for very long.)

Noah has been wanting to run in a race for awhile now.  Ever since I ran my half marathon he's been talking about it.  So I signed him up for the Kid's Run they do after the Trolley Run.  Well I put him in the 3-4 year old heat, which was just a small little run on the grass.  It was so short, Elliot could have done it.  Easily.  Heck a baby could crawl it, quite honestly.  Next time, we'll sneak him into the 7-10 year old heat which actually runs around the track at Mill Creek Park and is more up his alley.  He still had a good time though and was just as excited about having the shirt and bib as anything else.

Paul had great intentions of having the boys ride their bikes literally a block away from our house to cheer me on, but it didn't happen.  It's a pretty short run and I totally didn't mind.  I could actually see them when I crossed 67th across Wornall still by the church.  They ran into Hudson & Addison and had to play and ride bikes a little and by the time they got across, my speedy self had passed them.  In fact, I ran so speedy (for me) that I set a new personal record:  36 minutes and 32 seconds for a 4 mile run!  That's a 9:08/mile average pace.  I was quite pleased. My previous 4 mile PR was 38 minutes and 52 seconds.

This guy is getting fast on his little Strider

Noah is wearing HIS race shirt and bib number, too.  He did the Kids Run after my run was over.

Hooked up with friends in front of Hudson's house

Riding on the Trolley Trail alongside the race

These nice cops let the boys get on their 4-wheelers.  In exchange, the cop rode Hudson's Strider

Running around in front of the JC Nichols fountain.  After my race, before Noah's.

It was SO crowded and congested around the Kid's Run, this is all Paul got, just before Noah ran.

Muffins from First Watch

Me & my running buddy