One of my favorite events of the race offerings is the Kids 2K! Little Buddy, Little Sweetie, and their friends from Run Club work hard all season long to earn their last mile and their Kids Marathon Medal at this event. And it's amazing to watch our next generation of WILLPower leaders start to understand the importance of advocacy and caring for others!
Brother and Sister racing duo are ready to go!
Little Buddy's spring allergies were not on his side for race day, unfortunately! Luckily Daddy was there to keep him motivated!
She's work so hard this season and is ready to show it off!
Running buddies!
The boys are ready to race!
Ready, set, go!
WILLPower runner, E, is on the move!
Go L!
Little Sweetie powering through!
Little Buddy and Daddy, keeping the pace!
Little Sweetie's best race yet! I am so proud of how hard she worked this year!
Little Buddy coming into the finish!
Cool down walk with Ms. M!
Beautiful, joyful friendships!
Proud of himself!
Debriefing with Daddy about the race!
Showing off his two medals!
So happy to see Aunt J!
The four amigos!
The four amigos, adult version!
There's a lot Little Buddy won't be able to do, but all these medals? He's earned every one of them and we couldn't be prouder.
A week after the kids' race, it was time for the Charity Challenge results! The WILLPower Team had been working overtime trying to hold on to some of the top places for challenge and...WE DID IT!!!! Little Buddy came in first, Uncle M and Aunt S came in third, and three other runners of ours came in the top 20, which meant over $7,000 extra for the Foundation!
Accepting FIRST place!
WILLPower never stops!!!
Thank you to everyone who helped us make an impact in this year's Charity Challenge!!!
Team WILLPower ready for our next challenge...the marathon events and cheer tent tomorrow!
WILLPower runners, ready for tomorrow!
Ready to run with WILLPOWER!!!
5K team on the move!
Meanwhile, the Cheer Tent was warming up for action!!!
Sun rising on the cheer tent!
Literally putting some WILLPower on the course!
Getting set up!
Only the coolest kids cheer for WILLPower!
Locked and loaded and ready to cheer!
Ready for the runners!
Here come the runners!
Our Cheer Tent was AMAZING!!!
Secret weapon this year? Puppy (WILL) Power!
Cheering for the WILLPower runners!
The best cheer tent in the universe! So grateful for so many that have taken up our cause!
Ready to cheer at the finish line!
Uncle M coming into the finish!
Our WILLPower runners ROCK!!!
Charity Challenge awards ceremony!
Customary post marathon Chuy's lunch celebration!
An amazing picture of these amazing WILLPower kiddos!!!!
Another wonderful and successful set of Marathon events for WILLPower! It means to much to see how many people love our boy and our family and are fighting by our side for him and so many kids like him. And I am so impressed both by how hard Little Sweetie worked on her running and how much advocacy is becoming natural to her and ingrained in her heart. She is beginning to understand more about what her brother faces and she's becoming one of his most ardent supporters. I'm already looking forward to next year!
With WILLPower,
LSM
Little Sweetie's Momma
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