Father & Son running Half Marathon in Ottawa

Charlie my 22 yr old son and I will be running the Ottawa Army Half Marathon together. Beyond magical and far beyond pride, there are moments just like this one, where you pause and reflect. You realize this is one of "life's moments".
You appreciate famous professional sporting father & son relationships. As a Canadian the first that pops to mind is Gordie Howe and his sons Marty & Mark. They played together in the WHA with the Houston Aeros. Don & Mike Schula the NFL Coaches.
I had the opportunity to play hockey against my own father in fun "father & son" games and more recently a Curling bonspiel.
When I coached my kids during those soccer years

absolutely nothing brought together bonding and a strong team morale like a "Father & son" game or a "Mother & daughter" game. If you have ever participated in one of these matches you know exactly the feeling I'm attempting to convey here. Charlie and I experienced one of these matches.
There are many father and son combinations that come to mind as I blog this moment, like Ken Griffthy Sr & Jr., Bobby & Brett Hull, Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning, how about Evil Knievel and his son Robbie.
Charlie, originally told me he took up running about two years ago and how he was progressing. We ran together once when he was home for a visit. then abut six months ago he told me by phone he had signed up for the Ottawa Army Run. Initially Charlie respectfully so just wanted to run his first official race alone without any Mom or Dad interference. Fast forward to a month ago I was chatting to Charlie and asked if he be ok if I came to Ottawa and ran the half marathon race. He responded, "absolutely ; that would be great the only problem is the race is sold out". As I ending the call I said to Charlie, "one, I will find a way to get a bib number to run the race, and more importantly, you know your Mom is going to want to be there to witness you and I running". Charlie happily responded "I know".
Getting into the Ottawa Army Run was not an easy feat. Thanks to my wife and Charlie's Mom,  Heather, who carried on a email conversation in french was successful in purchasing a bib from a lady in Gatineau. To the lady in Gatineau, merci. Charlie, I'm looking forward to Sunday.