5K today! photo added
Today I ran a 5K with my 13 year old nephew (his debut race) and my older sister. I'm still recovering from my Marathon walk last week and preparing for my Half race in a few weeks - but I wanted to be there with my family.
They started out much faster than I cared to, so I let them run off ahead of me, and I eventually caught up and passed my sister, and then caught up to my nephew and ran with him for a while. He was cramping a lot, but toughed it out. At the last 1/2 mile mark I decided to push the pace a little to get a sub-30 time. To my delight, he passed me at the very last second and beat me by 1 second!!!
Don't get me wrong, I love to win! :) But I'm so psyched for him that he had a goal of beating me, and despite feeling like crap he dug deep and chased me to the end.
My sister finished about 1 minute behind us and we celebrated with a free slice of pizza and candy bars. I love a good family event!
2169 481/1974 F0139 29:56 28:53 9:18 Sue Doucet 36 F 3027 Waltham MA
They started out much faster than I cared to, so I let them run off ahead of me, and I eventually caught up and passed my sister, and then caught up to my nephew and ran with him for a while. He was cramping a lot, but toughed it out. At the last 1/2 mile mark I decided to push the pace a little to get a sub-30 time. To my delight, he passed me at the very last second and beat me by 1 second!!!
Don't get me wrong, I love to win! :) But I'm so psyched for him that he had a goal of beating me, and despite feeling like crap he dug deep and chased me to the end.
My sister finished about 1 minute behind us and we celebrated with a free slice of pizza and candy bars. I love a good family event!
2169 481/1974 F0139 29:56 28:53 9:18 Sue Doucet 36 F 3027 Waltham MA
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First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash
First 5K race October 4, 2009 (34.59) PR 5/22/11 (27:26)
First 5 Mile: January 1, 2011 (50:30)
First 10K: July 4, 2010 (1:03.26) New PR 4/10/11 (1:01.14)
First 10 Mile: April 11, 2010 (1:46.15)
First 1/2 marathon: June 13, 2010 (2:22.21) PR: 5/1/11 (2:17.30)
First Marathon: October 16, 2011: 5:47:20
Goofy Challenge: January 7-8, 2012
If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right. - Mary Kay Ash
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