But this is what the team ended up looking like. Our friend, Olivier, said he wanted to push the kids. He didn't have to twist my arm too much, but I figured I'd run beside him in case they got too needy. So Olivier takes off with the kids and I run as fast as I can for the entire race, trying to catch him. I was sure that one of the kids would need me, but he said they were fine. Lucas actually fell asleep. I need this kind of motivation in my next race.

Here is most of the group that raced that day...

(principal of school, EC and me, Jeff, Chris, Olivier, Kristen, Jonathon and Marie)

Lucas raced a hard race : )