5K and a Pancake Breaky in the Car Park



Running his first 5K

 A few weeks ago Davis convinced Nathaniel to start jogging so he could be ready to run the community 5K on July 4th.  Davis took him out on his first jog, then after that Nathaniel and I would jog a little bit on the trails after we dropped Davis off for xcountry workout.  We would jog a little while, then stop to examine something (lizards, quail, rabbits, snakes, elderberries, bees nests...)  The week before the 5K, Davis decided he'd rather cook sausage with the scouts at the pancake breakfast.  Fine.  But, the night before, Nathaniel told me he was still doing the race.  So, we got up at 6:30am so Chris could drop us off early for registration.  Then he drove Davis to the church and came back to watch the race.
Nathaniel did great.  The first half of the race was all uphill.  I couldn't keep up with him.  He picked some guy ahead of him and said he used him as a "pacemaker" all the way up the hill.  I caught up to him at the water station at the top.  It was fun and Nathaniel was very proud of himself that he had said he would do it, so he did it.

After the finish line.

 Davis, on the otherhand, did enjoy cooking all the sausages for three wards.  But, as you can see, he does not enjoy having his picture taken.

Mmmm.  Raw sausage.