Saturday Special

7am on a Saturday morning. I roll into the parking lot of school (yes-on a Saturday) to pick-up 7 of my highschool students. Why, you may ask, do I want to spend my Saturday with teenages I see from 8.30am-3.00pm on Monday-Friday? We were heading down to Englewood to volunteer at the Special Olympics of Colorado Regional Track Meet. It was amazing seeing these athletes as the complete in various events ranging from the soft ball throw to the 5K. One athlete ran the 5k in 21 and some change(see awards ceremony for the 5K runners). Quite impressive. My kids were cheering them on the entire 12+ laps running from one side of the track to another as they came around. In the end, the two atheletes (pictured with 3 of my kids) hugged them and thanked them for their support. All in all, it was a great way to spend the day. I think I was feeling the mojo from the morning, because I had a great 2 hour run with Sherpa Jeff!

Rock On
JK