Bloomsday - May 3, 2009

Springtime in Spokane and the Ketchum sisters (Carla, Judy and Julie plus Tracy and Raegan Clark) are feeling spunky. This was Sunday, May 3, 2009 --- before walking the 12 kilometer course. In fact this was before walking down to the Bloomsday starting line for our group. Peggy organized it all, documented the effort on camera and greeted us at the finish line with medals and congratulatory cards. She wanted to join us on the course. Really she did. But recent foot surgery had her on the DA list. Maybe next year? May 2, 2010. Dunno.
This year the eldest Ketchum was in relatively good shape, considering her senior status. The old lady managed to run, er jog, for a whole mile. I mean 1.6 kilometers. But the time to beat is Tracy Clark's. She managed to leave her only daughter to eat mom's dust near the finish line. Raegan wasn't expecting that burst of speed. But next year she will be forewarned and Tracy had better watch out!