Little Racers

I had no idea we had two little speedy runners in our family. Today is the Prague International Marathon (PIM). We didn't run the full marathon but PIM also holds a 4.2K family mini marathon. We decided to run it with the girls so they could get a taste of running since they always see Jason and I going out for runs. They were very excited to run the race. We had to keep explaining to them about how to run a race and to not just go all out in the beginning. We explained what the start would be like and how there would be a lot of people. Well, this morning was race day and we headed off to the start. We met up with some friends and lined up to run the race. The girls didn't seem to be bothered by the number of people around them. We told them they could walk when they got tired but they did surprisingly little walking. Ali held a nice pace throughout the race where as Sofia was more into the bursts of speed. Jason ended up running mostly with Sofia and I ended up running mostly with Ali but at the end we were running together. The girls were so excited to finish and get their medals. They finished the race in 33 minutes, 42 seconds...that is a 12 minute, 54 second per mile pace! I can't believe how well they did. I'm very proud of them. They still have energy which is also amazing!