I was planning to run Oakley City's 5K but they cancelled it due to lack of volunteers so I ran Park City's 5K. We barely got there in time to start so I didn't get a chance to warm up. My goal was to run 7 minute miles- which I did with an AP of 6:55. This was a killer of a course. It was an out and back with a lot of rolling hills. I spent most of the race talking myself out of walking and telling myself pain is only temporary. At the turn around I counted all the women who were in front of me and counted 11. In the last mile I was struggling and two women passed me- I passed one back 20 yards from the finish line- so I thought I was the 13th women but apparently I missed 2 because I was the 15th women- 2nd in my age group. The women who won finished with a time of 18:40. The women who won my age group finished with a time of 21:02. I was amazed at how many runners there were (1009 runners who finished, 560 women and 449 men). After I finished I ran back to "run" my little girl in- I ended up running almost back to the turn around before I found them. She was a trooper and completed the whole race. She has been "training" for the Oakley 1 miler since last year (haha- shes been talking about it since then) and was really disappointed it was cancelled. So my husband, pushing the baby in the jogging stroller, helped her compete in her first race. It was a wonderful race and was fun to see her so excited. I am very proud of her. She's already planning her next race- the Kamas 1 miler. PM- When we got back to the cabin we hiked up to the lake and caught frogs. I'm going to count two miles for this because I had to carry my 1 year old in the backpack the whole way and I had to carry the 5 year old at least half of the way- Carrying 70 extra pounds gets the heart rate up big time. This was an Awesome 4th of July! (Although I was hoping for a higher place overall and a win in my age group- oh well- I PR'd by 42 seconds)
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