Reilly's FIRST race!!

Oh boy, this was an exciting day in the Turner household! Since Shawn has been doing much more running lately, and has done several 5k races, Reilly has been asking to do a kids run. This morning's 5k race had a 1k "fun run" for the kids after, so we decided this was a good option to give Reilly a taste of running if she really wanted one! Shawn and her had a special date night on Thursday to go pick up their race packets, which was super special! This mornings race was a bit early, so the kids had to get up a few minutes before 7:00 so we could get out there before the 5k started to see Daddy off. It didn't take long for Reilly to start asking when it was her turn to run! Shawn pinned her number on and then, as he was doing some cool-down stretches from his race, she joined him by doing some stretching of her own. She also started doing some random running around to "warm up" which was really cute. Daddy gave her a little pep talk/instructions about running all the way to the finish line. She insisted that she did NOT want Daddy to run with her...that's our independent little girl!


The 5k started at 7:30.....there were a TON of runners and several running with joggers...

pinning the number on.

little pep talk and pre-race instructions...

stretching on the curb like Daddy.

and they're off! (click below for a quick video clip of the start)

we thought they were just going around the traffic circle and then coming back up the hill, but they actually turned left behind the traffic circle and went out of sight for a few minutes! I was a tad worried when we didn't see them for a bit and and as soon as Shawn started to walk down the street, here came Reilly around the corner, just running along! He said she even started running fast when she saw him!

another video clip....

and here's a clip of the finish...

look at that precious red face!

Such a proud Daddy!!! He definitely confessed that behind his glasses were lots of tears, the whole time he watched his little girl run :)