Ryan's first race

Ryan ran his first race today. It was part of the Provo Freedom Festival. His race was a youth 1 mile run. It was an early start, 7am, which means we left our house at 6:30am and woke Ryan about 5:45am. He had a hard time going to sleep last night as he was excited about the race. Here Ryan is at the start line getting ready.



When the gun went off to start the race, Ryan was in "business mode". Focused on the run ahead.


Although it appeared that the 5k and 10k routes were marked appropriately, the kids route wasn't marked so well. Bummer for Ryan, as he followed a group of kids thinking it was the right route. He eventually got back on course and was able to finish. Deni paced him a little bit to help him get back on track.



Sydney and I were waiting for him to take pictures and Sydney decided she wanted to run in with Ryan. (seen to his right).







He finished. Ryan's time was about 11 minutes 30 seconds. Not bad for his first race.