Since taking up running this year, Guy has toyed with the idea of combining his love for shooting with his newfound love for running. Hence, the biathlon was born. Guy constructed target frames and figured that clay pigeons would work well for targets. Each leg of the race would have five targets to hit. Each runner started out with 5 bullets in their magazine but could use an extra 3 bullets for make up shots. If any targets were still left on the board after that, the participant would have to run a penalty lap of about 100 yards. Each leg of the race was just under a mile, so when all was send and done, it added up to about 3 miles.
Guy asked me to come and help run the race and Amelia wanted to come help out too. I was lucky enough to get a babysitter for the other kids so I didn't have to worry about them. We started things pretty early so all the kids were still in bed when the babysitter came. Amelia had a lot of fun helping get the targets all set up before the race and collecting clay pigeons after the race. I helped by keeping track of times for all the runners and doing a little bit of spotting with the scope. Amelia was also the official water girl making sure that there was always something for the runners to drink.
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