Nestle 5k Race

I was able to run a 19 minute warmup (about 2 1/2 miles). It was a nice warmup... Then we began the 3.1 mile race. (By the way, there were a lot of Sojourners Racing team members there). Oh my goodness... I have not ran a 5k race since last summer! People fly in this distance! There were a couple of college girls there that I knew would be ahead of me (Summer Harper, who of course took 1st)... The one person that came out of nowhere-and this is very humbling, a little embarrassing and me being a coach, a little exciting-was seeing this little girl in front of me. Right from the beginning she took off... I kept thinking she was going to run out of energy... Oh no, she kept going and running strong. I was running 5:59 minute miles and she was obviously going faster. The 1st mile and 1/2 was a gradual uphill and then a quarter of it was steep. I love up hills and I began to gain on her... Until we began the descent down. Yep... Not going to happen. After the race, which I ran a 18:35 or 36 (5:59-6 minute pace), I met up with the young lady...

I found out she is 10 years old!!! She came in 2nd... Yeah I was very humbled. My excuse to everyone is that I am training for a marathon now. ;) Not a very good excuse at all! I did go on a 31 minute run afterwards... A good chunk of the run was with my fellow Runner's Corner teammates. It made my cool down a lot nicer.

The other part of my run was running back to Corom and Mike as they were pushing the stroller and I was able to help them out. I love that the girls love to be pushed in these races. I need to get them running the 5ks now!