With race season wrapping up in our area, race photo’s are starting to pop up on Facebook news feeds and emails. The anticipation of seeing your photo can be thrilling or scary then to see the photo and think, oh shit, I looked horrible (or great). They are fun because it brings you back to that moment in time when you may have been struggling or you nailed a new PB.
As a parent, if your kids are in sports you get to watch them over and over AND over again. Soccer games, rugby matches, cross country meets or swimming lesson. Growing up I played multiple sports and my parents were always at my games/siblings games. Soccer games, volleyball games, badminton games etc. They sat and watched over and over again all three of us play. They drove us to games, wiped our tears when we lost an important game, played with us, coached us; they were our biggest cheerleaders.
For me and my husband (Saï), as parents of an almost 4 year old and 6 year old, we now get to watch them play sports. It’s all introductory lessons and practices of soccer, swimming and now gymnastics.
I believe that since Saï and I both run, the girls like to run. You know monkey see monkey do. They genuinely love to run but have different running styles. Lilly is calm and collected like her father and Hilary has fast feet…not like her mother.
So why am I writing this post? Well, all because of this photo:
{Thank you Valley Harvest Marathon for the free photos, it’s much appreciated!)
This wasn’t her first kids run, she’s done a handful of them over the last three years. She run twice around the beautiful Acadia University track with other six year old’s at the Valley Harvest Marathon Kids Run.
BUT, this photo…the face of focus, I’m hoping not pain. Her hair bouncing to the side from her body gliding over the track, her posture and form pushing her forward, her outfit that she picked out to run in. I also love the other girls in the photo, all doing their own thing and enjoying it. Oh, I love this photo of my daughter.
I’m sure there will be more sports over the years and, I so look forward to watching and capturing moments like this.
So what’s the value of a race photo as a parent – SO MUCH HAPPINESS 🙂
Happy Friday Folks!
What are your weekend plans?
What are your thoughts on race photos?
Last – for those that commented on Wednesday’s post – thank you.
Piper's Run 
My latest finish (legs For Literacy 2016) photo is now my lock & home screen photo on my iPad, I was in shock. It’s a genuine smile!
What a special picture. There’s something about this that brings out the simple beauty of childhood and also the sport of running. This is one for a great mom to savor!
Beautiful photo! She’s so lucky to have parents passing on the love of this awesome sport to her.
It is a nice photo. When I run races, my husband takes photos and at least in our experience, it’s difficult to get a really great race photo. Granted, he’s just an amateur photographer, but they are often blurry or someone else is suddenly in front of me, or he misses the shot, etc. For us, it’s best to just take a bunch of photos and hopefully at least some of them will turn out!
awe love this photo. I usually look terrible in race photos, LOL!
great photo! I always hold my breath when I get the link to view my photos- you never know what you will see!
Such a great pic!!! My race pics are usually really good or really bad LOL I never buy them either….I’d rather invest in another race registration 😉
It must be great to see your kids active in sports as you support them every step of the way. Your daughter looks great in this photo! I really enjoy race photos but just wish they weren’t so expensive!
She looks content in that photo. No pain at all, just having fun! The runner in me loves this pic. I have pretty good luck with race photos. If I like one, I’ll buy it.
Cute photo! I love race photos, even when they are awful. It shows that I’m at least out there doing my best.
What an adorable photo! I love how determined she looks!
Aw, it is a great photo! Plus it looks like she representing @pipersrun! So fun!
This is adorable. Photos last–unlike so much of what we have.
What a great pic! There are some race photos that are awesome and really capture the moment. I am glad it was free, because sometimes it is so hard to get them because they are so expensive.
That is a great photo!! I’m so happy she likes running 🙂