Matt's Run

Matt’s Run was Porter’s first race and also his mother’s first race. I am happy to report that both mother and son are doing well.

Porter ran with me, which is to say he sat while I pushed his running stroller around the course, changing from right to left in order to not cramp my arms, something I’ve never experienced before.

The upshot of running with Porter was that you get more cheers. A lot more cheers.

“Go baby, go!”
“Alright baby!”

Little punk. All he did was sit there and look cute. Not tricky for Porter. I was doing all the work. I paid for it with my time, but the race felt good, which is, for me anyhow, much better than a new PR. I was two minutes off from my previous race, but given that I was pushing 20+ pounds of baby and another 10+ pounds of stroller, I think I can be forgiven the 45 seconds extra on each split.

Porter and I came in first of the strollers, but there was no ranking for us. We were unsung heroes of the course.

Overall: 104th of 571
Time: 25:11
Division: Unknown
Splits: 8:06