Turkey Trot

One of Eli's Youth Goals was to train for and run a 5K. He and Jason signed up for the Turkey Trot, a 5K on Thanksgiving, and began training in early October. Eli would get up shortly after 6am and run with Jason in the pitch black and cold with little or no complaint.

But then, about three weeks before the race, he got a pretty bad case of the flu. He missed several days of school, and felt pretty weak for awhile. We were worried all his training would be for naught, and prepared a speech about how sometimes we don't quite met our goals, through no fault of our own. But a few days before the race he was ready to train again, and then on race day he ran the whole 5K without stopping! He was one of not many kids running, and the first one to cross the finish line! Way to go Eli!