Bragging

So this past weekend was the annual Youth Olympics Track and Field Events and it was so much fun! This was the second year of my Ryan being involved. A Brief History:
*Youth Olympics is a three week long event held every year for the past 30+ years in our Stake.
*All youth ages 14-18 are eligible to compete.
*Events vary from chess, bike racing, public speaking, scholastics, racquetball, table tennis, volleyball, Fine Arts (a talent show), cooking, sewing, woodworking, sculpture, drawing, photography, track and field events, etc. Just about anything a person can be talented in they can display plus they have the opportunity to try something they may have never done.
*I did it when I was a young whipper-snapper but for some reason I think it's almost more fun to watch the kids participate now (I don't have to fret about hitting the dang volleyball when I'm awkward and 15 and have too many arms and legs).
*It is a lot of work for the event coordinators and the leaders but it is so much fun, the kids are so supportive of each other, even across ward boundaries.

So anyways, back to Track and Field. When I was a kid it was my least favorite event but now that I'm married to the fastest man alive, it is pretty interesting. Thanks to the event they tack onto the end of the Track and Field event, my sweetie gets to sprint and everyone stops and stares as he goes flying down the track. For the past couple of years they have done a "Leader Relay Race" and I think it is for this event that my sweetie is the YM President (that plus all of his wonderful leadership skills). A member of the bishopric has to run anchor and there have to be 2 men and 2 women each running 100m, preferably they are to be YM and YW leaders. Betty Merrill, Meggan Neilson, my Ryan, and Bishop McDowell ran for our team. It was a fantastic race, Betty did great, all the runners were about even when she handed it off to Meggan and Meggan was very fast with her long legs she was ahead when she handed it off to my Ryan who was like a rocket, he was amazing, I love watching him run. We had a very big lead when he handed it off to Bishop who chugged across the finish line well ahead of the Manistee Ranch team. It was so fun! People asked me what teams were next and other details but I had no idea, I watched Ryan, then I watched Bishop, then I started watching Ryan again and totally ignored the rest of the race. I like him. Amanda videoed it and I'll see if I can post it but I think I can find a picture. . .
One more thing, they have a 2 mile race that anyone can run in, even old folks and so I "ran" that race with Amanda. Well, she ran it then she came back and "ran" with me the last 1/2 mile. But I finished the race and I wasn't last and I'm not nearly as sore anymore. (I'm NOT in shape, but I'm resolved to fix that)