Bolder Boulder

I always look forward to the Bolder Boulder each year, having done it so many times growing up.  This year I was planning on running the whole thing with Gavin and my Dad (Grandpa Bruce) ended up joining us as well.  He raced it in the B wave and then circled back after he finished to join us at about the half mile mark for his round 2.  It was probably the first time Gavin would really try to run the whole race, as the last time I probably carried Gavin about half of it when he was five or six.  He did an amazing job.  You can see finish above together in the middle of this picture that Tara took.  We ran the whole thing with the exception of maybe 10 or 20 seconds around mile five.  We finished in 1:14:38.  It was good enough for Gavin to finish 35th out of 204 U7 participants and faster than I had anticipated.  It got me curious as to my previous times and I think I really started running it around age 8 with a time of 1:02:00.  So next year he has quite the target to shoot for.  I had a great time seeing him run and it was awesome for my dad to be able to join us for the race.

It is also a fun time to see friends that fly in from out of state to take part in the run.  Here is a picture of Tara and Sarah at the stadium.  Tara was a great supporter this year and took Gage to the stadium to cheer on Gavin and I at the finish line.  She also dropped us off at the start line so we didn't have to walk miles from a parked car.