The combination of winning a free entry to the Fort Vancouver Runs from OregonLive.com on 28 March, and my daughter asking to go to another race for her 4th birthday this weekend, meant a wonderful barefoot morning with dad and daughters on Sunday.  The girls are getting a little big for their rickshaw but I have the next generation ride in the works.  I did the 15K but I think that on this race my passengers would have preferred the 10K.  After my run it was balloon animals and other kids fare until the 1K kids’ fun run.  My 4 year old did great in her purple minimalist running slippers, running the full distance for the first time and one of the only kids out there with perfect human running form.  I even met another local barefooter, although he was in his “Clark Kent” disguise as a spectator wearing some running shoes :)

I asked my daughters what their favorite part of the day was and my oldest said “the whole thing!”  Good times.