A week ago Lucas ran his first race called the Mountair Mile which benefits The Sharing Place. Even though Lucas is too young to really understand that he was running for a cause I figured this was a great way to get him started in helping out the community. The Sharing Place is a grief support program dedicated to providing a safe and caring environment where children, teens, and their families who are grieving the death of a loved one may share their feelings while healing themselves. 
The participants of the race could either walk, run, ride bikes or whatever they wanted... so long as they had fun. Lucas was so excited and he spent quit a bit of time the week before training for his race on his bike. When the day finally arrived he decided he would just run the race with his friend Gracie instead. They both did such a fabulous job and ended up running the majority of the way. Lucas would tell me he wanted to walk a little and then say ok mom lets run now. At one point he even had us hop. At the end of the race he asked me if he won and I told him that since he finished and had fun he was definitely a winner. He even has a ribbon to prove it. :)
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