Hello! I am excited to announce that I not only was able to race today (after a long last weekend), but I was able to beat my expectations.
At the starting line, I positioned myself right up front, and the only people in front of me was these two 10 year old girls. I thought I'd be tripping on them when they tired out, but nope, they totally kicked my tail! I think they beat me by atleast a minute. I wanted to cheer them on when I saw them at the end (there was a spot where the course turns and over laps itself) but I didn't know if that would come off as creepy.
At the end, I was following a woman and a man. I decided to kick it and gained on both of them. They did not appreciate this to much and it turned into a sprint to the finish. I'm super excited to annouce that I beat both of them to the finish line (but not by much, obviously). I had been following the woman majority of the race and had mentally decided that I was going to pass her... I'm so happy that I did! Personal victory.
Brandon says there were only about 8 woman that finished before me, so I may have place, but we had a busy day play, and didn't stay for the awards ceremony. I'll have to wait and see what the results show.
Well... I was 4th in my age group. Close, but not close enough. Apparently the ages were grouped in 10's not 5's. O-well... :o) I'm still excited!
About the people I "raced to the finish" with. I beat the woman by .9 of a second and the man by 1.4 seconds. That's awesome. The woman was apparently in my age group... so that's awesome. | 