It's Evan and Kevin!

As promised, the Princess has found the Turtle a "part-time" running partner! And, he is fast!

Evan and Kevin take a moment for the camera after their first run on Sunday, Sept. 18 around 4pm in the afternoon. Kevin, who is a ninth-grader, is on the cross country team at his high school so he showed Evan some stretches before and after. Ironically, the stretches were pretty similar to the ones I encourage him to do but Kevin is way cooler than Mommy, of course!

 He also introduced Evan to the path/track that he practices on at his high school. They "jogged," as Kevin described, two laps. It was a perfect day to be there - cloudy, mid-70s and even a light breeze.

I walked two laps with Kevin's mom, Lorraine. We chatted mostly about Evan and Kevin (those names sound like they were meant to be together)! Like Evan, Kevin loves the running - having improved his 5K races with every cross country meet. I think he has finished in as little as 23 minutes while Evan's last one was 30 minutes.

A couple of evenings after the run while at my Bible study group with Lorraine, she mentioned that once the boys were out of our sight - Evan talked and talked! He shared the many things he liked and talked about the races he has done! I told Lorraine I wasn't surprised since he talks my ears off too when running!

And six days after their run, Evan continues to ask me when he gets to run again with Kevin.

Meanwhile, I did keep mine and Lorraine's stats (the Turtle and his friend were too fast for me):
Time: 29:45
Distance: 1.245
Steps: 3046
Calories: 72.6
Pace: 2.5

Happy Running!