Deadwood/Mickelson 5K and Kid's Runs

Most of our weekend was spent in Deadwood this weekend. It was the 8th annual Deadwood/Mickelson Trail Marathon which includes a Half Marathon, a Fast 5K, a kid's 1K and new this year, a Kid's Marathon. In the Kid's Marathon, you log miles for a couple of months a mile or so at a time and then run the last 2K (1.2 miles) at the actual race. Caiden did the Kid's Marathon this year logging his miles running, hiking, and playing soccer. He ran the last 2K in 13:00 minutes on Saturday. He got a shirt and a really cool medal for his efforts. Chloe decided the night before the race that she wanted to race too and so we signed her up for the 1K (a little over half a mile) at the race and she was really excited. Kelly ran with her as a warm-up to her own 5K a little later on and said Chloe did really well! Chloe was so proud of herself and told me that she didn't walk at all and ran the whole way! She had a lot of fun and I am thinking that she will be running the Kid's Marathon with Caiden next year! Chloe got a little medal, a shirt, and a Frisbee too. After the kid's races, Chris, the kids and I grabbed some lunch while Kelly and our friend, Robert were bussed 3.1 miles away up the hill so they could run down it in the Fast 5K. They both did really awesome, Robert coming in at 22:11 and Kelly at 29:47. Her goal was to be under 30 minutes so that was really exciting. She was 2nd in her age group too and got a really cool Railroad spike for her age group finish. Way to go Caiden, Chloe, Kelly, and Robert! :)