Oh boy, where do I begin with this adventure? My mom is 59 and had the desire to participate in the Lavender Days 5k. I saw there was a half marathon and my running schedule called for a 13 miler. This would be a great chance for me to get my mom a little more involved. We spent the night in Spanish Fork at my cousin's house. We arrived at their home at 10 pm and didn't get to be until 12:30. I didn't sleep until one and woke up to my mom having some kind of a health problem. Possibly a stroke? I have had no idea, I was ready to call 911. After a few minutes she seemed okay and had calmed down a little. I didn't know if she would be okay to walk the 5k. We got to the farm at 6:00 and I ran onto one of the last buses to get up to the start. I got there, used the bathroom and went and stood behind the start line. SMALL race with a lot of fast runners. My legs and body didn't feel like moving at an amazing fast pace, so I decided to take it easy and not kill myself. Tempo and marathon pace at the least was my goal. Splits were okay the first six miles, then we hit the uphill. Mile 10 we were still going uphill, mile 11 we were now going really uphill. I stopped a few times. Last mile and a half were downhill. :) I finished the race and my mom was there cheering me in at the end. :) I could tell she had a good time and finished strong! I was WAY more proud of her than I was for myself. I really had a bad day out there. This race just made me feel out of shape. I was going slow but I was really struggling. Very discouraging for the upcoming marathon. Oh well, nothing I can do at this point. I have never trained as hard as I have for a marathon and I feel like my pace is just slowing.
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