Read & Run Marathon

Carlie & Sarah did the Read & Run Marathon at school.  They had a couple of months to read 26 books and "run" (or do various activities) to equal 25 miles.  The last mile all who participated, ran together.  We thought we'd be able to run along with them, but found out a few days before that only the kids that were signed up and some teachers could run. Carlie wasn't so sure about it after finding out we couldn't run along, but they both did it.  They did some running, some walking, but the finished it!

 They started by grade, oldest first, then every 15 seconds, the next group could start

 It was a chilly morning, but everyone was excited

 Almost to the finish line.  Sarah sprinted to the end

 Carlie came close to the end and stopped just before crossing the finish line.  We had to encourage her to go a few more steps

We were so proud that they did it!  Neither of them have ever done anything like this before.