Saturday, May 31, 2014

Catch the Cougar

My son decided to run the Congdon Cougar Chase 5K this year instead of the 1K as in years past. He  joined the after-school running club and trained for about a month, building up to and completing some 28-minute runs on the Lakewalk. On Saturday, that work paid off when he ran 3.1 miles on a sodden, hilly trail at Lester Park in a downpour of rain, in a time of 30:27. He finished 47th out of 140 runners, and 8th in his division of 9-year-old boys.


He and his friends got drenched, mud-splattered and tired, as witnessed in these before, during and after shots. But they had a lot of fun. The Congdon Cougar that they chase stayed dry under an umbrella and -- very suspiciously -- wasn't muddy at all.


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