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Monday, June 20, 2011

A Father's Day to Remember

I couldn’t think of a better way to spend Father’s Day weekend 2011 than by doing a race called “Run Daddy Run.”  This was a 5k sponsored by HCM Foundation which was held in beautiful Kingwood Park in Frenchtown, NJ.  It goes without saying that I wanted to enter this race and give it my VERY BEST effort to remember and honor my dad for Father’s Day.  What made it even more special was that it became a family affair, as Chris and his dad Wayne, who came up from southern AL raced the event as well.  Wayne even sported a “Papa” t-shirt that his kids had given him in 1984 to appropriately mark the occasion!     
It was a hot, but beautiful sunny day for the race which traversed both park trails and road.  Chris hauled and led the race for the first mile!  I was not far behind, charging my hardest toward my goal of breaking 20 minutes.  After circling the turn-around cone (which we were all extremely grateful to reach!), we were able to see each other and exchange some non-verbal encouragement to keep pressing onward! 
Chris was able to pull out a strong 5th place finish in to earn 1st in his age group.  I was right behind in 6th place with a (goal destroyed!) and 1st female.  Chris and I circled back to meet Wayne at about half a mile to go and ran him in to the finish line.  He finished in 28:47 earning 3rd in his age group, so all three of us went home with pint-glass awards, a great sense of accomplishment (and relief!) and smiles on our faces for having shared this event together. 
What a great day to honor the dads who were there to participate in this special event, as well as the dads who were with us in spirit and in our memories.  Thank you Chris, Wayne and Dad!  For more info, pics and videos of the race, go to:  http://www.hcmfoundation.org/rundaddynewjersey.html
 

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