Holly's 1st Ever Park Run

Christmas Eve and what a better way to start the day than dragging the kids out of bed nice and early to head to Chelmsford for the Xmas 2k park run. As Holly turned 4 last month this was the first time that she was eligible to participate. However I didn't think she was capable of running the full 2k and figured at best she would only make one lap and subsequently I didn't register her to get an official bar code.

 

Anyway she lined up with me at the start line with both of us wearing our Santa hats - Holly had her pony tail poking through a hole in the Santa hat which looked cool. Anyway she absolutely shocked me and completed the whole 2k only stopping twice. In fact the first 1k lap she didn't stop at all and was even putting in little bursts of turbo speed. She held my hand most of the way but every now and then she let go and ran on her own.

 

As we went around the 2k course she was giving high fives to all the marshals and having an absolute blast. I was just in awe and amazed that she did the full 2k at just 4 years of age and was so proud of my little girl. Her finishing time was a fraction over 17 minutes and even more amazingly was that she wasn't the last one to cross the finish line.

 

And we are off from the start line and a very cheeky grin from Holly.

Lap 1 and Holly is running strong as we go around the lake.

On the odd occasion Holly let go of my hand and out on some turbo.

In the final straight Brandon ran up to meet me and Holly (as he had already finished) and helped motivate his little sister to the finish line.

A very, very proud moment as Holly completes her very first 2k park run.

As a special reward we hit Dunkin Donuts after the run and enjoyed some festive donuts with some coffees for the adults and some milk shakes for the kids.

Our festive selection of Dunkin Donuts.

Strava screen shot of Holly's first ever completed 2k park run. Just amazing effort.