Race-A-Roni

On Saturday the girls participated in races (along with the rest of us) as part of the Twin Cities Marathon weekend. We started the day pretty early for the 5K (we had 8 runners from our family!), and then Cecilia ran the 1 mile race with her Uncle Alex who is visiting from Japan, her Auntie Sarah, and Dadam. She ran an impressive race -- no stopping to rest and really kicking it into high gear at the end. Here she is about to cross the finish line:



Then it was Ruby's turn and she ran in the "Toddler Trot" which was roughly a 50-yard dash. Unfortunately, Ruby wanted to do the real race and ended up mad when she realized just how short her little trot was. To make it up to her we let her run all the way to the "white castle" (the State Capitol, actually, not the restaurant). Next year I think we'll have to graduate her to the 1/2 mile. It was a great day of racing made even better by running alongside people we love!