AM- This morning I ran the East Millcreek Halloween 5k. I was determined to have a good race because my last three races hadn't been very good. I started out hard, and was able to maintain a good pace the whole race. I had a sideache for the last mile or so. The course was hard with lots of uphill. I felt good. My time was 19:50
PM- Then we went to the American Fork Halloween 5k at night. This is one of my favorite races and it is a family tradition. It's dark outside and you get to run through a graveyard! Sometimes there are people that hide in the graveyard and jump out and scare you. We got to the race 10 minutes before the start, and I had just come from a family costume party so, since it was a Halloween 5k and people were wearing costumes I decided to stay in mine. I was wearing fishnet tights and a bumble bee dress. I ran the race and wanted to be the top women as I had been in the past. I was running and at about a mile 2 girls passed me like I was jogging. Then a little while later another girl passed me, and then another, and another. I couldn't figure out what was going on because I wasn't running slow. But I just kept pushing and I finished with a time of 19:22. After the race I talked to the girls and it turned out it was the BYU cross-country team, or at least some of their runners. There was also a girl that was 12 that ended up winning the race. I never saw her during the race. Her name was Morgan Warner. She ran an 18:03! I talked to her a little bit and she said she has been training with Pleasant Grove. I was suprised I had never seen her at a race before. Anyways, I was really happy with my races today, and I felt like I had put a good effort in to both of them without quiting on myself. | 