Faithy participated in her school Jog-a-thon this year as a kindergartner. In all actuality it should be called a "Jog-a-TON." Faith's goal was to run 10 laps this year around the track. . . with Daddy's encouragement and a lot of drive she ran 20 laps! (That's roughly the equivalent of 5 miles!!)
Friday was her school's Jog-a-thon and Joel had taken the day off of work to cheer on his girl. This means that I dropped them both off at school and Daddy volunteered in her classroom and Faith "showed him off" to her friends. Joel told me that one of Faith's friends had her shoe untied and another classmate offered to tie it for her, but the little girl said, "No, I want Faith's Daddy to do it!" . . . These are the kinds of things that make Faith beam with pride :>)
So, Joel & Faith spent a VERY cold Friday (it was in the high 30's to high 40's most of the day) jogging the track at Ohara. He told her that if she made it to 20 laps then he would give her a piggy-back ride. . . Well the two of them jogged and walked the whole 1.5 hours and she made it to 20 laps and Daddy made it half-way around the track with her on his back :>)
I am so proud of her and her determination! She's been a strong-willed girl and the occassional challenge, but she showed me that this strong will can also be a real benefit. Many of her friends took the leisurely approach of walking a bit and then sitting and drinking water or eating their snacks and playing, but Faith was a real trooper and made her goal. SUPER cool!
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I wish my boys school would do a jog-a-thon. He comes home from school telling me about all the movies he watched!
That's really cute that your daughter put so much effort into it. It's awesome that her school encourages them to set goals like that.
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