The old guys against the young'uns

 David and Caleb both had the opportunity to run in the Rogue Valley Challenge Relay today.  It is a 100K (62 mile ) race around the Rogue Valley with teams of 10 each running 2 legs.  They stagger the starts to try to get everyone to finish around the same time.  And it worked.  All the teams finished within 1 hour of each other.  Caleb's younger team started at 6:30, with David's more mature team starting at 8.  The young guys did not allow the older team to catch them!

 We knew this would be a challenge for Caleb, as he has not been doing much running and he would be on a team of Jr. Higher who have been training some.  Caleb was the youngest and only knew one person at the start of the day.

 He ran leg 2, which his dad ran with him, which was flat and on the bike trail.  These pictures are from leg 15, it was mostly down hill with a couple of short steep spots.  Both his legs were right at 3 miles each.  And yes, he caught that team in front of him!

 As you can see, he was really pushing himself.  I think to prove his worth to the older guys who were giving him a bad time about not being old enough for their team.  I think he showed them he could pull his own weight.

 Congratulations Caleb on a job well done.  He even ran an extra leg with the last guy because their bike broke down and Caleb didn't want him running along our sometimes scary bike trail by himself.  Here you see him handing off to the girl on his team who was to run next.

 David ran leg 8 along the river and 18 here at the end with lots of uphills through the vineyards,  beautiful, but hard.  If you look closely you can see his teammate across the highway.  They were allowed a wave pass off here due to the high traffic at this intersection and not wanting anyone to take chances getting across.  Love the smile.  YES, running makes my man SMILE!

 His legs are taped up.  I am getting pretty good at  it.  It seems to help his Achilles tendon not be so painful.  For the last 4 years or so most of his arthritis pain settles in his ankles.  He has beginning fusion there, but does not allow it to slow him down if he can help it. Love his little wave to me :)

It was a wonderful day for all.  I finished Hannah's hair with NO burned fingers, but wax all over my carpet :(

I got 3 checkbooks (Ours, David's work one, and Grandma's) all balanced and bills paid!  Yeah!

Drew ran his first race of the season today too and was very happy with his results---Go Cougars!