Took my son James up to Magna with Sasha to run the Magna 5K. I did not want to race today but rather help James run a PR in the 5K. It is a fast course and James has really started to run pretty good lately so I expected him to do well. I was thinking a sub 20:00 was possible but I was not sure if he would really run that fast. Took off with James at the start which is the fastest part of the course and we hit the first 1/4 in 1:23 and then settled down into a more comfortable pace for him. He hit the first mile in 5:56 and was looking good. This is a downhill mile but that is the fastest he has ever covered a mile. The second mile starts to flatten out and the last 400 is actually on a slight up. He ran the second mile in 6:22. The third mile is all on a gradual uphill except for one section at about the 3/4 mile mark it goes down for about 150 meters. His third mile was a 6:48 which is pretty good for a mostly uphill mile, this one actually surprised me the most as I expected the hill to slow him down a little more. He finished in 19:45! So he broke the 20:00 mark with room to spare. Not bad for 12 years old and his first year of running. James was pretty excited and he finished strong passing about three people over the last 500 meters. It is one thing to run and race yourself but it is even a greater feeling being able to see your son run so well and be so excited about it. That was the highlight of my running day today. I ended up running just over 10 miles for the day total. My right hammy, knee and hip are still bothering me a little so I will have to be careful not to push it too hard until they feel better. Feel like crud today as I started coming down with a major cold last night. I am totally congested and miserable this afternoon. Heading out to the range to take the kids shooting. It is fun to get out and shoot every once in a while and destroy some paper targets and clay pidgeons.
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