On Saturday, September 12, Chris ran in the 2nd annual Freedom Run in Barrington, IL. This race was also held on American military bases in FOB Altimur, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia. There was a local veteran (in his 20s) who was running that day whose brother ran several hours earlier, thousands of miles away - in Saudi Arabia. In honor of the anniversary of 9/11/01, the race started at 9:11AM and was 9.11 miles. (Some also ran 9.11 km, but Chris ran the longer race.)
The We Do Care Mission:
"We Do Care is an Illinois 501 (c) 3 non political and grass roots non profit organization founded in 2004. Our mission is to provide tangible opportunities for the American public to thank and support active duty military personnel, their families, and veterans while appreciating the freedom unique to our country."
We were lined up on the road, waiting for Chris to run by us after the Start. I thought I missed him because all the walkers started coming. Wouldn't you know, as soon as I shut my lens, he came running up! He's saying hi to Simon in the stroller here. (Nice tongue, honey.)
You're gonna have to zoom in for this one. You can see half of his face behind the sweaty guy in the gray shirt.
Zoom in again. Now you can see the other side of his face behind the top-half of that woman's face. (Great photographer, aren't I?)
A boy scout taking the chip off of Chris' shoe. (At this point, I'm feeling bad about the lack of good pics I got at the finish line, so I snap this one.)
Some of the crowd.
Having some water and a banana to cool down.
The army arch everyone ran through as they approached the finish line. (Too bad, I didn't make it in time to take a pic of Chris coming out from under it.)
Luke wearing the American flag pin Chris got in his goody bag at the race.
Trying to get a picture of the boys as we walked to the playground after Chris finished. Simon was like, "See playground. Must run!"
These guys ran 9.11 miles in their full uniforms/gear with even their packs on their backs. Seriously impressive!
They were just coming in as we were walking to our car, almost 2.5 hours after the race started.
1 comment:
Good Job Chris, Katie you did good with the cameria, remember you had to keep an eye on two busy boys. Looks like fun. Marco and Antonio won their tournament this weekend. Marco made 7 goals but his legs are in bad shape. Antonio made one goal and many assists. Awesome.
Love ya Have a good week!
Mother
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