LRC is unofficially pulling for the Vaughns after reading this article in the Oregonian on the Vaughn's balancing being the parents of two kids with running.http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2012/06/us_olympic_trials_olympic_hope.htmlThe article focuses a lot on their 5-year old daughter Kiki who is just totally awesome.A few examples.
Lindsay Schnell wrote:
Consider that Brent and Sara's daughters -- Kiki is 5 and Calia will be 2 next week -- have known nothing but running since they were born. When Kiki started preschool two years ago in Denver, she quizzed classmates on what events their mommies and daddies did.
"She thought everyone ran or jumped or threw something," Sara said. "It wasn't until just recently that she started to understand most of society functions without athletes."
That's pretty good but my favorite Kiki anecdote is this one:
Lindsay Schnell wrote:
Kiki might even have a few tips for her parents. After five years of being around it, she has picked up a few running tricks from Mom and Dad.
Just last week, Kiki walked into her parents' room and declared that she should probably sleep in the altitude tent.
She had a 200-meter race the next day, and wanted to make sure she was ready to PR.
Clearly nowadays everyone, even a five year old, knows you gotta have an altitude tent to be any good.