Although spring break in AZ was a month ago we didn't do much at that time, we waited until the California kids (Lynz, Dylan, and Aiden Tanner) had their spring break and came out to play! They all 3 flew out on the 14th so that Lynz could run with Adam in Pat's Run. Aidan Wolfe and I decided to run as well, and Zander rode along in the stroller. Dylan and A.T. are both healing from some injuries so they cheered us on! We have run in Pat's Run for years, but missed the last 2. (Adam had a broken foot in 09 and in 2010 I can't remember for sure but I think it was just a rough year and we skipped it) 
The run is a benefit to honor Pat Tillman who played football for ASU and had a contract with the Cardinals but put it off to fight for our country. He was killed by friendly fire while he was in the army, it was such a selfless act to give up his football career! I love this cause, and the feeling of the entire event, there is so much love and patriotism in the air. I think it teaches out kids a very good lesson, and the money that is made goes to the Tillman foundation who gives scholarships for college. The run is 4.2 miles and ends on the 42 yard line of Sun Devil stadium, it is an amazing feeling to run in there!
The run is a benefit to honor Pat Tillman who played football for ASU and had a contract with the Cardinals but put it off to fight for our country. He was killed by friendly fire while he was in the army, it was such a selfless act to give up his football career! I love this cause, and the feeling of the entire event, there is so much love and patriotism in the air. I think it teaches out kids a very good lesson, and the money that is made goes to the Tillman foundation who gives scholarships for college. The run is 4.2 miles and ends on the 42 yard line of Sun Devil stadium, it is an amazing feeling to run in there! This year it was PACKED!!!!! We had so much fun, Adam killed it and finished the race in 28 minutes, that is under 7 miles per minute! Since there were so many people running they split us into groups based on our estimated finish times, Adam was in the first group to start, Lynz is a good strong runner so she was close to the front, and Aidan and I were towards the middle. As I was taking Aidan to where we were to go I found out that anyone pushing a stroller was being asked to start in the last group to not trip up other runner. Completely logical but I had to leave Aidan on his own which was a bit nerve wracking considering the 2007 incident where he ran on his own at the very end and somehow missed that he had passed through the finish line and just kept on running, through the stadium, through the ASU parking lot, up the parking garage..... it wasn't until the group of people he had apparently been following got into their car that he realized something was amiss. 700 brown haired boys in the same shirt makes 1 hard to find, fortunately he found a race official who quickly brought him back to the finish area and paged us! He was so big about it and did great this year! He finished the race in just over an hour, all on his own! Way to go buddy! The timing was done with chips so it didn't matter when you started, your time didn't start until you crossed the start line, but it was funny that as I was finally starting I saw Lynz running towards the finish line! I finished an hour and 5 minutes. It was an amazing time and I hope we can continue doing it every year!
We had more of a packed week but I will get to that
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