Viking challenge is a fundraiser for the Fisher House and this year Det 1 sponsored a team. For 24 hours you must have at least 1 team member on the track, walking or running. Ben, J, D and Zak all signed up and ran or walked for a total of 50 miles. Go Cooks! Zak made 19 of those miles by himself. Pretty impressive for a 9 year old. Even Noah ran. I was support (Go Cooks!) and braved the elements to buy gatorade, snacks and even filled in as tally keeper once or twice. My back hurts from all that sitting, but I suppose sacrifices must be made.
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| Leprachauns won the team spirit award. Woo |
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| We CAN do it! |
At the beginning of the run everyone is full of spirit and fun and we enjoyed seeing all the fun costumes. By the end people were much less cheerful and just wanted to be DONE. Several folks ran marathons, one guy ran 50 miles and there were some who stayed on the track for the entire time. Crazy. One of the Det 1 guys took the 6-9am shift and ran by himself for 19 miles. In a row. We showed up at the end of his run so Ben could talk to him and keep his mind off of running for the last half hour. My favorite team were the blue star families from Baumholder--they came as Rosie the Riveter. So appropriate!
At the beginning of the run everyone is full of spirit and fun and we enjoyed seeing all the fun costumes. By the end people were much less cheerful and just wanted to be DONE. Several folks ran marathons, one guy ran 50 miles and there were some who stayed on the track for the entire time. Crazy. One of the Det 1 guys took the 6-9am shift and ran by himself for 19 miles. In a row. We showed up at the end of his run so Ben could talk to him and keep his mind off of running for the last half hour. My favorite team were the blue star families from Baumholder--they came as Rosie the Riveter. So appropriate!
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We are flabbergasted by Zak's contribution. Impressive indeed!! Go Cookies!
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