Tazz, Landon and I headed up to Des Moines on Friday, Sept. 30th to participate in the Get Your Rear In Gear with Ryan's family. We were part of Home Team's team, but wore our Team Ryan shirts with pride.
The runs and walk were Saturday morning at a really beautiful park. We could not have asked for better weather. Well, it could have been a tad bit warmer, but it was still a great morning. Tazz started the day off running in the 5K run and did a great job. He was aiming to run it in 24 minutes and I think once the chip timing is in he will be really close. When he crossed the line it read 24 minutes and just a few seconds. Then Landon participated in the kids run. He took a little spill near the start, but Daddy saved the day and finished the run with him. Landon recieved his first medal as he crossed the finish line. He is very proud of it! I think we definitely have an athelete in the family. Then we walked as a family in the walk.
It is sad to say there are so many great things we do not learn about until some drastic happens to friends or family. One of those things for our family is the Get Your Rear In Gear runs for Colon Cancer. We miss Ryan and wish he would have won his fight against colon cancer, but perhaps we can help to raise awareness so others will.
Now we just look forward to the runs next year in Kansas City and Des Moines. I even noticed there was the first run in Denver next year, so perhaps we will go visit some friends and participate in their race, too.
