Konnor the marathon runner

I forgot to mention - there is a Kid's Marathon (1 miler!) the day before the 1/2 and Full marathon here. I was reading up on it today - and thought - no, I better not enter Konnor. Grandpa will be here - I will want to go to the Expo and prepare. And so on.....but then I met the boys at the Sports store - Konnor's all over the place doing chin ups on the equipment, doing the ab rollers, and everything else they had to offer. I couldn't help but mentioning the kids marathon! Boy, I should've kept my mouth shut. The kid wants to run it badly - and he wants to SPRINT it - and he wants to WIN it. He's going to run "this fast! Watch Mommy!" So we began this little conversation...

Me: "Konnor, probably not a race you can run that fast. You'll probably have to jog a little - 1 mile is a long way to run that fast!"

Konnor: "oh, you mean like this?" (he runs in place...barely moving...jogging like an 89 year old man).

Me: "Well, honey - you can probably go a little faster."

Konnor: "How far is a mile - like from here to California?" (yeah bud - you're close!)

Me: "No, like from here to Pati's house" (Sanjog's Mom's house)

Konnor: "That's not far! I can run THIS fast!........What if I don't get first place? Will I still win something if I get 2nd place?"

Me: "I think you get a t-shirt - maybe a medal."

Konnor: "I'm sure everyone gets a t-shirt. That is NOT what I'm going to get for winning. What happens if I get 2nd place?"

Me: "Run the damn race and find out!"

Ha ha, not really - but seriously. The kid wants to win at everything - we are going to have our hands extremely full with him.

If anyone's up for donating to Konnor's marathon - $25 fee goes to Phoenix Children's Hospital and you'll have one happy fast running little boy to cheer on! FREE t-shirt for him included - you know - the t-shirt "everyone is going to get! Even if they don't win!"