Kwina Mile

This past Tuesday we took part in the Kwina Mile (pronounced qui-nuh).  It is a race put on every year by the Lummi Indians.  It is a quirky race for several reasons, the only distance they have is the mile, it always takes place on a Tuesday, and it is always at noon.  People take off from work to participate and the kids get out of school and are bused in for the event.  There were runners, walkers and skate boarders.  They ran in running clothes, shorts, or jeans, one even in a tutu.  Some wore running shoes others wore Vibrams, vans, or big clunky "skating shoes" (that is what the kids call them, the kind skate boarders like to wear).  The Lummi firemen ran the mile dressed in full gear (masks and all), one even carried one of those heavy hoses.  I was told they usually have 300 to 400 participants.

They provided a sack lunch and gave all participants shirts.  Your choice of short or long sleeved and either white or orange.  Best of all, the race this year was free, shirts, food and all. 

Joel, G-ma, and I promised Noah a dollar if he beat Ryan.  Ryan purposely let him win so he would get the three dollars.  Next time there will be some stipulations about getting the money.  Jess came in second female by about a second.  Ryan and Noah came in under 8 minutes.  I don't know Chad's time and mine was 9:24.  Joel said if I ran 9:12ish that he would get me a hoody from the college he is coaching at.  I think 9:24 is 12ish.  He disagrees.  I think I should get it anyway since the first half of the race was all up hill and there wasn't much of a down hill on the back side of the mile.  Cody didn't run.  She was home dealing with a migraine.

It was a fun race and one we will gladly do next year. 



That's a Sasquatch on the back of the shirt (in case you didn't know).