The Eagan MN High School cross-country team started regular practices for the fall season this past Monday. Yes I know not to many of you will get to excited about that but there is some exciting news. On Tuesday morning they were surprised by a special guest runner. Governor Tim Pawlenty showed up to run with the team.
If you are a regular reader of my blog you may have discerned that we list towards the right and it might be a good assumption that we supported Pawlenty in his run for governor. You may also discern that we talk a lot of politics at home. Well, you would be right on all accounts. So our kids are pretty attuned to what is happening in the political world and they know many of the political movers and shakers.
Our oldest son is on this cross country team and with him being a junior political wonk he was quite excited to have the opportunity to meet and run with the governor. This is certainly an opportunity that not everyone would be given.
I understand pictures will be available from the event. I guess if you have to try to make cross-country exciting, this is a good way to do it. Thanks for the time governor.
Update 9/9/2005: Here are some of the promised pictures.
This is MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty with coach King and some kids stretching for the race.
My son is the one on the left bending down stretching. Sorry just a little proud parent.
Here is the whole group posing. Oh look, there is my son.
And here is coach Graham TALKING. lol He is really good at that, just ask any of the kids. Maybe he should be a polititian….
You can find all the pictures on the Eagan High School web site.
http://www.rschooltoday.com/se3bin/clientschool.cgi?schoolname=school1
click on Athletics/Cross Country/Cross Country then Runnin’ with the Governor in red on the upper left.
Sorry, I can’t give you a direct link.
