Ray Tanner Home Run!!

I decided to do the 12K Ray Tanner Home Run race this year instead of the 5K. Didn't train at all for it. Hoped for the best. Anyhoo....while I was running Randy and Grammy had the girls on the baseball field for the festivities. Cocky was there of course and I think this was Maya's first time seeing him up close.

Delaney always loves to see Cocky. Check out Maya in the background...she is fascinated.

Here I am coming across the field to the finish line. I am towards the right with the grey shirt on and black pants with hat. Randy said I was dancing my ass off as I entered the field. I had a Nicki Minaj song on (Starships) and I was jamming thank you very much. Around mile 6 I hit superstar mode and I felt like I could run forever.

I ended up doing awesome! Came in at 1 hour and two minutes which equals to about 8 minute 20 second miles which isn't that much higher that my average when I do 5K's. I was 9/79 girls in my age division which puts me in the top 10 percent. Yay!!!! Half marathon next???? Ugh....then I would have to train a little.....

We entered Delaney into the kids fun run. She got a t-shirt and a racing bib that said number one.

I didn't tell her that all the bibs said number one for the kids and I am hoping she didn't notice.

Delaney in the Kids Run at the Ray Tanner Home Run 2012. She was anxious getting ready to start so I ran with her holding her hand and then she let get of my hand and started running. It was a beautiful moment as I watched my little girl smiling... ** This video shows the good part. Right after this....it was HORRIBLE!!!! For some reason, the kids got stopped and turned around to go in the same direction they came from. This means that the kids in the front were going full speed towards my Delaney who was just innocently running. I don't know why....but she was the target and they all ran directly into her even though there were others around her. She was knocked to the ground and trampled on and stepped on by many children. Thank goodness I had been right there so I could run over and scoop her up because she was frightened and crying. She only had a couple of scrapes but was really scared. I started crying myself because I could not believe that had just happened. The staff around obviously realized something had gone wrong because they kept checking on her and brought her a balloon. I probably sound melodramatic over all of this but it was traumatizing to me. I think Delaney got over it that day but I didn't. Seeing my little girl overcome her fear and run by herself with a huge smile on her face and running so fast and then getting knocked down and trampled was just awful. I am crying as I am reading this post because it still makes me so sad. I e-mailed the run coordinator just to state what happened and that I hoped they made the run better for next year. The kids were supposed to run around the bases and they just ran in a line and then back in the same direction!!! What is that???!!!! I didn't hear back from him. I don't expect anything but a true apology. I know not many people read this but if anyone has any suggestions of who else I can write about this I would appreciate it. I just want them to do better with coordinating the kids run next year because I would love for my little doodle bug to enjoy it and be proud of herself and not be pushed over. I just want her to win.... :)