Sandy 4th of July 5K. Sunny, no wind, temp. 65'
A very nice morning for the 4th of July. Last year there were over 30 of the top 50 at the High School age. Kind of like a high school cross country race that lets the community run with them. This year at the starting line there were quite a few cross country runners from different schools. My son Dallas had on his Bingham high running outfit along with 2 other Bingham runners. There were probably about 500 runners at the starting line.
The race took off and the youngsters took the lead. I was probably in 30th place after a quarter mile. I was laboring really hard just to stay at a 5:55 pace. I should have warmed up more. The old body didn't want to kick in. (Next 5k warm up better). Then all of a sudden at the half mile mark the pace felt just fine and my body decided it was ready to run. I was very relieved and was ready to RACE! Soon after I passed Dallas and another one of the Bingham runners. Now the race is getting fun. I continued to pass runners the entire way unitl the finish when I came in 7th place.
Miles 1-5:55, Mile 2-6:04, Mile 3-5:58
Dallas got a side ache after mile one and slowed down a bit and got a 19:23. He thinks he could have beat me if he wouldn't have got the side ache. Who knows. I just know that none of my kids have beat me yet! | 