South Davis Recreation Center Thanksgiving Day 5k and Kid's k. It says all of that on the shirt.
My daughter and I went to this together. The night before she decided she wanted to run the kids k. She has run 1 mile, 3 times in her life, twice last year and once this year at school. When we arrived to sign up there was some question as to weather a 9 year old could run the kids k. The kid taking the money said no, but his boss said no problem. So I signed up for the 5k and she for the 1k.
I ate a caffeinated gel, did some warm-up laps around the parking lot, stripped down to shorts and a top, and after one quick to the loo I was ready to go chase that sub 20.... To cut the chase, here are my splits: 10:25-131bpm; 11:59-126bpm(included a quick stop for a drink); 11:17-128bpm; last 0.1 mile sprint 8:26-151bpm. TOTAL TIME 34:33
So, a few minutes before the start we ran into UtahRunner, HickGirl, HickGirl's 9 year old daughter, and their mother/grandmother. HickGirl's Daughter (she is one fast girl) was running the 5k because she was 9 years old and thus too old for the kids k. My daughter had been sitting on the fence the whole time as to which to run. I think part of her hesitation on the 5k was because she didn't want to make daddy run slow with her. Anyway with about 5 minutes before the gun she and we decided to run the 5k together. She did great! Other than breaking stride for a cup of GatorAde she ran the whole thing. I could tell her legs were a bit tired after 2 miles but she really picked it up for a sprint to the finish!  So it turned into and Daughter-Daddy 5k, how cool is that!
We both had a great morning!!! | 