10k

Well, I did it. I finished a 10k! But only because my mom made me. ha ha. Really though, I think I would have been MUCH slower without her there. Thanks Mom!!

Our gun times were 1:22:10.2 and 1:22:10.5. My mom beat me by 0.3 SECONDS!! The company that did the timing had some issues with the chips, so I don't know my chip time, but my pedometer said I finished in 81 minutes. Which seems about right, because we were at the VERY back of the pack when the gun went off, so it took us a minute + to make it to the start.

Our goal had been 15-minute miles (a nice walking pace), but we ended up doing a 13-minute mile, so that was awesome. Next year I will run it in less than an hour. (I am starting to train now instead of next June)

It was a fun race. We ran a lot and saw a dead squirrel. Good times. The only issue I had with the race were some of the people on the parade route. About mile 6, there was this dude that kept yelling "Run faster, you are almost there" I wanted to go kick him in the groin and tell him that he should run 6 miles and then see if he felt running faster, but alas, I was much too tired to deviate from the road or lift my leg to deliver a swift kick.

Oh and I made my goal of finishing before the first marathoners, even though they had a 40 minute headstart on us. (I am going to ignore the fact they had to run 20 more miles than me...)

Thanks for running it with me, Mom. You = awesome.