I am teaching Owen how to be great at spectating, at least until he is old enough to jump in the race himself if he wants. A couple of important things to know about spectating: 1. It can be a sport in itself, it takes practice to know where to be at the right time, and lots of strength to lug around all your racers stuff, plus your essentials. 2. the essentials: a big bag, you dont know when you will be back to your car; snacks; lots of water; layers of clothes because it usually means dropping off your racer at the crack of dawn and then hanging around until the sun is scorching hot; your camera and the balls to push your way to the fence to catch your racer finishing - hopefully still near the front of the pack. And 3. Cheer for everyone! Someday I will remember to bring a cowbell or some other obnoxious noise maker.
(Insert untaken photo of Susan running at the front of the pack here. In my defense it was really too crowded to get a good photo of her anyway and she just came up so quickly.)
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