Cannon's First Race

My good friend Rachel talked me into yet another race. But this one was only a mile, so I knew I could do it easily. I decided I would take Cannon this time and let him run it. This run only cost $8 and you got a nice long-sleeved running shirt, backpack, and a pancake breakfast. The race was at Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater. We were right by the pier and had a beautiful view. The 5k and 10k runners got to run over the bridge that takes you to Clearwater Beach.

I had to wake up Cannon in the morning, but he was excited to run the race. Once we were there he was a bit clingy and not very enthusiastic. Once our race started he didn't really understand what we were doing. Our course went around the block twice. He did much better on the second half actually. By that time most of the people had passed us and we were left alone. I turned it into a game and we chased each other (one of his most favorite things to do!). That got him really pumped! We would run for a bit and then he would tell me when he wanted to walk. Since everyone was ahead of us with their strollers, they were waiting for us at the finish line. They started to cheer for Cannon and that made me feel so proud of him. We came in at 21 minutes and Cannon felt so proud of himself too. And then he asked for water! They gave him a ribbon (which he proudly wore) and a nap-sack type backpack with a couple Sesame Street toys and bottled water. Then we ate at the pancake breakfast which was delicious! We had a really fun time and I hope that Cannon and I can do more races together.




Here's everyone, from the left: Tiffany with Dylan (5) and baby Tyler (3m), Yvonne with Everest (15m), me and Cannon, Rachel with Micah and Savannah (18m)