Well, that's what its like to push a stroller through the frozen streets of the Rex Lee Run 5K Saturday morning. We woke up early to get ready for the race and was surprised to see so much white outside. I was secretly hoping the race would be canceled, but Brian said the kids would never forget running in the snow.
I actually love pushing the jogger trailer while running because its such a smooth ride. But the momentum of the ride propelled me down slick curbs and made pushing up a slippery sidewalk nearly impossible. 
Our first Rex Lee Run was last year after we had just heard the news that Brian's dad had pancreatic cancer. He died just a few weeks later. And now the race will likely be a new family tradition.We finished, but it wasn't without freezing and screaming kids. Ashby and Cody were nice and cozy in the trailer, but Levi and Paige (who couldn't comprehend that running would actually warm her up) were ice cubes by the end. Levi was inconsolable and that made our memories of the day not so wonderful.
I wore my old Merrell hiking shoes to run in hoping that my feet wouldn't end up as soaked. Maybe if they weren't 13 years old it would have worked. But my socks and toes were drenched.
I woke up the kids by saying we were going to have an adventure that day. We definitely did have an adventure, and its true, we will never forget running in the snow.
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