Running in Colorado

On Saturday, July 5, 2008, my daughter Christy was married in Ft. Collins, Colorado. The previous day (which would have been my father's 101st birthday), I ran in a 5K race in Ft. Collins - the Firekracker 5K. Almost a dozen family members and members of the wedding party also participated, wearing signs identifying us that had been designed by my wife Michelle. I was joined in this race by both Christy and her new husband, Reggie, and my son John. And I was delighted to run the entire race side-by-side with Father of the Groom, Wes Loewen. The race featured one unfortunate incident, when a fellow runner pushing a wheeled stroller knocked me down a few minutes into the race. I bloodied my knees and elbows, but was not badly harmed, and popped up pretty quickly and kept going.