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While we were hanging out waiting for the start I asked her what her goal was. She told me 35 minutes or less. I told she could do it, but we were going to have to work hard.
The weather was sunny and warm. Temps were in the low 70's with a light breeze. Not too bad. A little warmer than I like for race day, but manageable.
At 8:30 we lined up and then the pack started to move. We were off. Through the first mile my daughter set a comfortable pace. We had to walk some due to runner traffic. In the second mile the traffic thinned out a bit and she sped up. She wanted to hit the water stop at 1.5 miles, so we did. After some water, she was off again. In the third mile she looked at the Garmin and said she thought she could maybe make it in 33 minutes. I just kept telling her she was doing great and to keep going. Towards the end she was getting tired. In the last .5 mile or so she took a couple of walk breaks but still finished in 33:56. Awesome! She crushed her goal. That was her 4th 5K and her fastest yet, so a new PB. Woot!
She's already looking forward to her next 5K.
2 comments:
That's wonderful!! What great father-daughter time!!
How awesome!!
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