We started out all together, but Andy got bored with how slow we were going. We were moving pretty slowly, he was walking while the girls were running and he was still ahead of them. So even before the first mile we told him he could go on by himself and just wait for us at the finish. After about 1.5 miles Sarah was widening the gap between her and Amanda, so the two of us went on and Charlie stayed with Amanda. He said it was touch and go for a bit and Amanda almost just stopped and sat in the middle of the sidewalk, but they did end up finishing about 10 minutes after Sarah and me and we were there to cheer them on for the last tenth of a mile.
Overall, Sarah did great. I kept her pace so when she wanted to run, I ran. When she wanted to walk, I walked. She never gave up and even though her feet hurt and it was really, really hard for her, she kept trying to run and she finished without complaining. I was so proud of her and she was so proud of her medal! I don't know that the girls are going to want to run another race anytime soon (they would prefer the next one not be over one mile), but Andy claims that he wants to run the Hot Chocolate 15k with me in October and also a 10k some time in late August or September to prep for the Hot Chocolate. I don't know how well that's going to go and this time we really need to train, but I would love to instill the love of running in my kids because although it's something that I found later in life, it is amazing exercise and you can do it anywhere.
Here's a picture of the family before the race started (yes, Andy is ALMOST as tall as Charlie):
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